Master the Tempest Lyrics

Master the Tempest - Becky Bonney

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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!

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,

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