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Hymn 512

Thy way, not mine, O Lord

Ọna Rẹ, Oluwa

English Yorùbá
Meter 6.6.6.6 Alaisan
  1. Thy way, not mine, O Lord,
    However dark it be;
    Lead me by Thine own hand,
    Choose out the path for me.

  2. Smooth let it be or rough,
    It will be still the best;
    Winding or straight, it leads
    Right onward to thy rest.

  3. I dare not choose my lot;
    I would not, if I might;
    Choose thou for me, my God,
    So I shall walk aright.

  4. The kingdom that I seek
    Is Thine; so let the way
    That leads to it be Thine,
    Else I must surely stray.

  5. Take thou my cup, and it
    With joy or sorrow fill,
    As best to thee may seem;
    Choose thou my good and ill.

  6. Choose Thou for me my friends,
    My sickness or my health;
    Choose thou my cares for me
    My poverty or wealth.

  7. Not mine, not mine the choice
    In things or great or small;
    Be Thou my guide, my strength
    My wisdom and my all. Amen.