He Knows

He knows it all - the winding path, 
	The sky o'ercast and grey,
The steepness of the mountain side, 
	The roughness of the way.
He knows it all - the haunting fear, 
	The doubtings that distress,
The wond'rings and perplexities, 
	And all the strain and stress.
He knows it all - each troubled thought, 
	Each anxious wave of care
And every burden, every grief, 
	 cross that thou dost bear.
He knows it all - thy weight of woe, 
Thine often tear-dimmed eye,
The stabbing pain, the slow, dull ache, 
And sorrow's broken cry.
He knows it all - but His to choose, 
And thine to take His choice!
He knows it all! He planned it so! 
Then trust Him, and rejoice!