1. Master, the tempest is raging!The billows are tossing high!The sky is o’ershadowed with blackness.No shelter or help is nigh.Carest thou not that we perish?How canst thou lie asleepWhen each moment so madly is threateningA grave in the angry deep?
The winds and the waves shall obey my will;Peace, be still!Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed seaOr demons or men or whatever it be,No waters can swallow the ship where liesThe Master of ocean and earth and skies.They all shall sweetly obey my will.Peace, be still! Peace be still!They all shall sweetly obey my will.Peace, peace, be still!
2. Master, with anguish of spiritI bow in my grief today.The depths of my sad heart are troubled.Oh, waken and save, I pray!Torrents of sin and of anguishSweep o’er my sinking soul,And I perish! I perish! dear Master.Oh, hasten and take control!
The winds and the waves shall obey my will;Peace, be still!Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed seaOr demons or men or whatever it be,No waters can swallow the ship where liesThe Master of ocean and earth and skies.They all shall sweetly obey my will.Peace, be still! Peace be still!They all shall sweetly obey my will.Peace, peace, be still!
3. Master, the terror is over.The elements sweetly rest.Earth’s sun in the calm lake is mirrored,And heaven’s within my breast.Linger, Oh, blessed Redeemer!Leave me alone no more,And with joy I shall make the blest harborAnd rest on the blissful shore.
The winds and the waves shall obey my will;Peace, be still!Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed seaOr demons or men or whatever it be,No waters can swallow the ship where liesThe Master of ocean and earth and skies.They all shall sweetly obey my will.Peace, be still! Peace be still!They all shall sweetly obey my will.Peace, peace, be still!