1. Master, the tempest is raging.\nThe billows are tossing high.\nThe sky is o’ershadowed with blackness\nNo shelter or help is nigh.\nCarest thou not that we perish?\nHow canst thou lie asleep?\nWhen each moment madly is threat’ning,\na grave in the angry deep?\n\n[Chorus]\nThe winds and waves shall obey Thy Will;\nPeace, be still, peace, be still.\nWhether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea\nOr demons or men or whatever it be,\nThey all shall sweetly obey Thy Will;\nPeace, peace, be still.\n\n2. Master, with anguish of spirit\nI bow in my grief today.\nThe depths of my sad heart are troubled.\nOh waken and save I pray.\nTorrents of sin and of anguish\nSweep o’er my sinking soul,\nI perish dear Master, I perish,\nOh hasten and take control!\n\n[Chorus]\nThe winds and waves shall obey Thy Will;\nPeace, be still, peace, be still.\nWhether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea\nOr demons or men or whatever it be,\nThey all shall sweetly obey Thy Will;\nPeace, peace, be still.\n\n3. Master, the terror is over.\nThe elements sweetly rest.\nEarth’s sun in the calm lake is mirrored,\nAnd heaven’s within my breast.\nLinger, O blessed Redeemer!\nLeave me alone no more,\nWith joy I make the blessed harbor,\nAnd rest on the blissful shore.\n\n[Chorus]\nThe winds and waves shall obey Thy Will;\nPeace, be still, peace, be still.\nWhether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea\nOr demons or men or whatever it be,\nThey all shall sweetly obey Thy Will;\nPeace, peace, be still,\nPeace, peace, be still, be still.\n