It is Well

Lyrics

Adapted from the hymn by Horatio G. Spafford (1873)

When peace like a river
Attendeth my way
When sorrows flow, like sea billows roll
It is well with my soul
Though Satan should buffet
And trials should come
Let this blest assurance control:
It is well with my soul

Whatever my lot, thou has taught me to say
Whatever my lot, thou has taught me to say:
It is well with my soul
It is well with my soul

That Christ has regarded
My helpless estate
And nailed all my sin, to the cross that he bore
It is well with my soul
To live now is Christ,
To die would be gain
But Lord ‘tis for thee, for thy coming we wait
It is well with my soul

It is well, it is well with my soul
It is well, it is well with my soul
It is well, it is well with my soul
It is well, it is well with my soul

Music and adapted words © 2007 Andy Judd
Words adapted from the hymn by Horatio G. Spafford (1873, public domain)

The best songs come from the overflow of powerful suffering. Horatio Spafford put his wife and four daughters onto a steamship in Chicago in 1873. The ship sank on its way to France, and his wife alone survived. The words of this hymn were written three years later in memory of his daughters.