1  I am not skilled to understand

    What God hath willed, what God hath planned;

    I only know at His right hand

       Stands One who is my Savior.

 2  I take Him at His word indeed:

    "Christ died for sinners" — this I read;

    For in my heart I find a need

       Of Him to be my Savior!

 3  That He should leave His place on high

    And come for sinful man to die,

    You count it strange? So once did I

       Before I knew my Savior!

 4  And, oh, that He fulfilled may see

    The travail of His soul in me,

    And with His work contented be,

       As I with my dear Savior!

 5  Yes, living, dying, let me bring

    My strength, my solace from this spring —

    That He who lives to be my King

       Once died to be my Savior!