Scripture Verse

My times are in Thy hand. Psalm 31:15

Introduction

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Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816)

Words: Will­iam F. Lloyd, in the Tract Ma­ga­zine, March 1824.

Music: Vi­gil (Al­bans), ar­ranged from Gio­van­ni Pai­si­el­lo’s op­era La Mo­li­na­ra (The Mill­er Girl), 1788. Ap­peared in the St. Al­bans Tune Book, 1875 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tunes:

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Lloyd (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

My times are in Thy hand;
My God, I wish them there;
My life, my friends, my soul I leave
Entirely to Thy care.

My times are in Thy hand;
Whatever they may be;
Pleasing or pain­ful, dark or bright,
As best may seem to Thee.

My times are in Thy hand;
Why should I doubt or fear?
My Fa­ther’s hand will ne­ver cause
His child a need­less tear.

My times are in Thy hand,
Jesus, the cru­ci­fied!
Those hands my cru­el sins had pierced
Are now my guard and guide.

My times are in Thy hand,
Jesus, my ad­vo­cate:
Nor shall Thine hand be stretched in vain,
For me to sup­pli­cate.

My times are in Thy hand,
I’ll al­ways trust in Thee;
And, af­ter death, at Thy right hand
I shall for­ev­er be.