Verse 1

I am not skilled to understand what God has willed, what God has planned; I only know that at his right hand is One who is my Savior!

Verse 2

I take him at his word indeed: Christ died for sinners, this I read; for in my heart I find a need of him to be my Savior!

Verse 3

And oh, that he fulfilled may see the travail of his soul in me, and with his work contented be, as I with my dear Savior!

Verse 4

That he should leave his place on high and come for sinful man to die, you count it strange? So once did I, before I knew my Savior!

Verse 5

Yes, living, dying, let me bring my strength, my solace from this spring; that he who lives to be my King once died to be my Savior.