Hide me now
Under Your wings
Cover me
Within Your mighty hand

When the oceans rise and thunders roar
I will soar with You above the storm
Father you are King over the flood
I will be still, know You are God
Find rest my soul
In Christ alone
Know His power
In quietness and trust

When the oceans rise and thunders roar
I will soar with You above the storm
Father You are king over the flood
I will be still, know You are God

It's funny how it is when I'm most stressed and depressed when church hymns come to me, and all these come to my unconsciously too. These are meanings that I grasp not in church, when the whole congregation is singing, but rather in my quieter moments where all the meaning of the hymns suddenly come surging forward like a wave. Like this hymn, for example. When I'm most vulnerable that hymns that appropriately suit the occasion suddenly conjure themselves up in my mind. It's not a coincidence. I am humbled. 

Hide me now... I can think of no other time I would need to seek refuge in the Lord

Under your wings... Because You are my protector.

Cover me... Allow me to submit myself to You completely

Within Your mighty hand... I am weak without You

And the whole chorus. Telling me that it is only with God's power that I can able to overcome my problems. That in the midst of the turmoil that I should look to God because He is the only constant, where everywhere else is a storm, a calamity. To be king over the flood is to have the power to guide me and lead me from the pain into peace. That with the Lord by my side I have nothing to fear, not even the rising oceans and the roaring thunders. Because He is king, and I know that He is God. 

I will be still, and know You are God. I will be still, not drawn into and battered by the storm and turmoil, because I know that He will guide me out of the pain.