O Soul, Why So Weary and Troubled?

O Soul, why so weary and troubled?
Don’t you remember passing through the sea?
Does bread not fall from heaven for your need?
And blessings pour out from the rock,
Well supplied wherever you have walked.
Upon the earth your portion has been double.

O Man, know you not that God is with you?
In darkness He lights up your way,
In day His glory with you stays.
You hear Him speak and mountains crumble,
Victorious He leads you through the rubble.
Lean back, remember—O how the Spirit blew!

O Soul, take rest within this wilderness,
Here where you still dwell in tents,
On route to where you have been sent.
Helpless to speed the journey’s end,
Except to on God’s blessings stand—
O Man, your God has chosen you to bless.

Behold, heaven descends upon the earth!
Holy, Holy, Holy! focal point of Glory—
Completing creation’s temple story.
In this city where we with God will dwell,
Eternal light and life displace all hell,
As sons and daughters rise up in new birth.
Holy to the Lord! Creation shines with worth!

Scripture Reference

2 Corinthians 5:1–10 (ESV)

1 For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling,
3 if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked.
4 For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
5 He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
6 So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,
7 for we walk by faith, not by sight.
8 Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.