Not In Darkness Nor In Mystery

Not in darkness nor in mystery,

No depth of heart or mind,

Nowhere in heav'n or earth or hell

Can I run and Thou not find;

Transcendent thoughts too deep for me

Surround on every side.

Thy mighty wisdom, O my God,

Moves ocean, wind and tide.

With skillful and with hidden hand

Thou workest in the womb,

And there, in dark and tiny space,

Makest unseen life to bloom.

Fashioned fearfully and wonderf'ly,

Thy knowledge to display,

Thine image bearer grows in night

Which is to Thee as day.

How I love Thy wisdom and Thy thoughts

Unnumbered as the sands.

I joy that all my earthly trials

Are written by Thy hands.

And I trust that strong benevolence

That never leaves my side-

Thy holy, gracious presence is

My treasure and my guide.