Be still and know, and thereby thou shalt gird
Thy day with boundless love. Untouched, unstirred
By fancies vain, by bane, or bitter thrust;
Thou shalt translate thine all-inspiring trust,
Wide-visioned with the wisdom of His Word.
Serenity attends thee, having heard
That still small voice. As sings the soaring bird,
So wing thou must, when willingly thou dost
Be still and know.
Oh, thou of God beloved, of Love preferred,
No wage of sin, no sinful debt incurred,
No fleshly taint, nor lack, nor loss, nor lust
Belongs to thee, thou child of God, the just.
Thine but to image. Is the image blurred?
Be still and know!
