“We see not, know not; all our way
Is night; with thee alone is day.
From out the torrent’s troubled drift,
Above the storm our prayer we lift,
Thy will be done!
“We take with solemn thankfulness
Our burden up, nor ask it less;
And count it joy that even we
May suffer, serve, or wait for thee.
Thy will be done!”
In one of the psalms is a sentence of committal, the full force of which is not usually noted. The words read:–
“Into thine hand I commend my spirit:
Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth.”
This is commonly quoted as if it referred to dying. Indeed, Jesus, when he was dying, used almost these exact words, and thousands of believers since have done the same. But as originally written the committal was for life, not for death. The writer of the psalm was facing the experiences of human struggle and danger, and put his life into the hands of his Redeemer.
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