O Father, You Are Sovereign

O Fa­ther

You are sov­er­eign

In all the worlds You made;

Your migh­ty Word was spok­en

And light and life ob­eyed.

Your voice com­mands the sea­sons

And bounds the ocean’s shore

Sets stars with­in their cours­es

And stills the tem­pests’ roar.

O Fa­ther

You are sov­er­eign

In all af­fairs of man;

No pow­ers of death or dark­ness

Can thwart Your per­fect plan.

All chance and change trans­cend­ing

Supreme in time and space

You hold your trust­ing child­ren

Secure in Your em­brace.

O Fa­ther

You are sov­er­eign

The Lord of hu­man pain

Transmuting earth­ly sor­rows

To gold of heav­en­ly gain

All evil ov­er­rul­ing

As none but Con­quer­or could

Your love pur­sues its pur­pose—

Our souls’ eter­nal good.

O Fa­ther

You are sov­er­eign!

We see You dim­ly now

But soon be­fore Your tri­umph

Earth’s ev­ery knee shall bow.

With this glad hope be­fore us

Our faith springs forth anew:

Our So­ver­eign Lord and Sav­ior

We trust and wor­ship You!