Misc Praise Songs – O Father You Are Sovereign (Guitar)

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O Father, you are sovereign in all the worlds you made;

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your mighty Word was spoken and light of life obeyed.

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Your voice commands the seasons and bounds the ocean's shore,

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sets stars within their courses and stills the tempest's roar.

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O Father, you are sovereign in all affairs of man;

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no powers of death or darkness can thwart your perfect plan.

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All chance and change transcending, supreme in time and space,

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you hold your trusting children secure in your embrace.

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O Father, you are sovereign, the Lord of human pain,

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transmuting early sorrows to gold of heav'nly gain.

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All evil over ruling, as none but Conq'ror could,

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your love pursues its purpose- our souls' eternal good.

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O Father, you are sovereign! We see you dimly now,

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but soon before you triumph earth's every knee shall bow.

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With this glad hope before us our faith springs up a-new:

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our sovereign Lord and Savior, we trust and worship you.