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 long canst thou lie asleep\nwhen each moment so madly is threat’ning\na grave in the angry deep?\n\n[Chorus]\nThe winds and the waves shall obey thy will:\nPeace, be still.\nWhether the wrath of the storm tossed sea\nor demons or men or whatever may be,\nNo waters can swallow the ship where lies\nthe Master of ocean and earth and sky.\nThey all shall sweetly obey thy will:\nPeace, be still; peace, be still.\nThey all shall sweetly obey thy will.\nPeace, 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 over my sinking soul,\nand I perish! I perish! dear Master.\nOh, hasten and take control!\n\n[Chorus]\nThe winds and the waves shall obey thy will:\nPeace, be still.\nWhether the wrath of the storm tossed sea\nor demons or men or whatever may be,\nNo waters can swallow the ship where lies\nthe Master of ocean and earth and sky.\nThey all shall sweetly obey thy will:\nPeace, be still; peace, be still.\nThey all shall sweetly obey thy will.\nPeace, 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!\nPlease leave me alone no more,\nand with joy I shall make the blest harbor\nand rest on the blissful shore.\n\n[Chorus]\nThe wind and the waves shall obey thy will:\nPeace, be still.\nWhether the wrath of the storm tossed sea\nor demons or man or whatever may be,\nNo waters can swallow the ship where lies\nthe Master of ocean and earth and sky.\nThey all shall sweetly obey thy will:\nPeace, be still. Peace, be still.\nThey all shall sweetly obey thy will:\nPeace, be still.\nPeace, be still.\n