15. Hymn: Affliction Is A Stormy Deep

Hymn: Affliction Is A Stormy Deep

Author: Nathaniel Cotton (1707-1788)

1. Affliction is a stormy deep,
    Where wave resounds to wave;
    Though o'er my head the billows roll,
    I know the Lord can save.

2. The hand that now withholds my joys
    Can reinstate my peace:
    And He who bade the tempest roar,
    Can bid that tempest cease.

3. In the dark watches of the night,
    I'll count His mercies o'er;
    I'll praise Him for ten thousand past,
    And humbly sue for more.

4. When darkness and when sorrows rose
    And pressed on every side,
    The Lord has still sustained my steps,
    And still has been my Guide.

5. Here will I rest, and build my hopes,
    Nor murmur at His rod;
    He's more than all the world to me,
    My Health, my Life, my God!