James Cleveland - Peace Be Still lyrics

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Verse 1<br />

Master, the tempest is raging.<br />

The billows are tossing high.<br />

The sky is o'er shadowed with blackness, <br />

No shelter or help is nigh.<br />

Carest Thou not that we perish?<br />

How canst Thou lie asleep, <br />

When each moment so madly is threatning, <br />

A grave in the angry deep?<br />

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The winds and the waves<br />

Shall obey my will, peace be still.<br />

Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea<br />

Or demons, or men, or whatever it be.<br />

No water can swallow the ship where lies<br />

The Master of ocean and earth and skies; <br />

They shall sweetly obey my will, <br />

Peace be still, peace be still.<br />

They all shall sweetly obey my will; <br />

Peace, peace be still.<br />

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Verse 2<br />

Master, with anguish of spirit I bow in my grief today.<br />

The depths of my sad heart are troubled.<br />

Oh, waken and save, I pray! <br />

Torrents of sin and of anguish<br />

Sweep o'er my sinking soul, <br />

And I perish! I perish! dear Master.<br />

Oh, hasten and take control! <br />

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Verse 3<br />

Master, the terror is over, the elements sweetly rest.<br />

Earth's sun in the calm lake is mirrored, <br />

And heaven's within my breast.<br />

Linger, O blessed Redeemer! <br />

Leave me alone no more, <br />

And with joy I shall make the blest harbor<br />

And rest on the blissful shore.<br />

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