Hymn: Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb
- Title: Lord, My Weak Thought in Vain Would Climb
- First Line: Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb
- Hymnal: Trinity Hymnal
- Denomination: Orthodox Presbyterian Church
- Publisher: Orthoodox Presbyterian Church
- Publication Date: 1961
Author(s)
- Author Name: Ray Palmer
- Born: 1808
- Died: 1887
- Gender: M
Full Text
Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb To search the starry vault profound; In vain would wing her flight sublime To find creation's utmost bound. But weaker yet that thought must prove To search thy great eternal plan, Thy sovereign counsels, born of love Long ages ere the world began. When my dim reason would demand Why that, or this, thou dost ordain, By some vast deep I seem to stand, Whose secrets I must ask in vain. When doubts disturb my troubled breast, And all is dark as night to me, Here, as on solid rock, I rest,-- That so it seemeth good to thee. Be this my joy, that evermore Thou rulest all things at thy will; Thy sovereign wisdom I adore, And calmly, sweetly, trust thee still.