Sovereign Ruler of the skies,Ever gracious, ever wise;All my times are in your hand,All events at your command.His decree who formed the earth,Fixed my first and second birth;Parents, native place, and time,All were appointed by Him.He who formed me in the womb,He shall guide me to the tomb;All my times shall ever be,Ordered by His wise decree.Times of sickness, times of health;Times of poverty, and wealth;Times of trial, and of grief;Times of triumph, and relief;Times the tempter's power to prove;Times to taste the Savior's love;All must come, and last, and end,As shall please my heavenly Friend.Plagues and deaths around me fly;Until He bids, I cannot die;Not a single shaft can hit,Until the God of love sees fit!