Peace! Be Still!

Verse 1

Master, the tempest is raging! The billows are tossing high! The sky is o'ershadow'd with blackness, No shelter or help is nigh; "Carest thou not that we perish?" How canst thou lie asleep, When each moment so madly is threat'ning, A grave in the angry deep?

Chorus

The winds and the waves shall obey my will, Peace, be still! Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea, Or demons, or men, or whatever it be, No waters can swallow the ship where lies The Master of ocean, and earth and skies; They all shall sweetly obey my will, Peace, be still! They all shall sweetly obey my will, Peace, peace, be still!

Verse 2

Master, with anguish of spirit I bow in my grief today; The depths of my sad heart are troubled, Oh, waken and save, I pray! Torrents of sin and of anguish Sweep o’er my sinking soul; And I perish! I perish, dear Master, O, hasten, and take control.

Verse 3

Master, the terror is over, The elements sweetly rest; Earth’s sun in the calm lake is mirror'd, And heaven’s within my breast; Linger, O blessed Redeemer, Leave me alone no more; And with joy I shall make the blest harbor, And rest on the blissful shore.