o Thou, by long experience tried
Near whom to grief can long abide
My love! How full of sweet content
I pass my years of banishment
To me remains nor place nor time;
My country is in every clime;
I can be calm and free from care
On any shore, since God is there
He was with me then and He is with me now
They can kill my body, but not my soul
He was with me then and He is with me now
They can kill my body, but not my soul

Could I be cast where thou art not
That were indeed a dreadful thought;
But regions none remote I call
Secure of finding God in all.
My country, Lord, art Thou alone;
Nor other can I claim or own;
The place where all my longings meet;
My law, my love, my joy so sweet;

He was with me then and He is with me now
They can kill my body, but not my soul;
He was with me then and He is with me now
They can kill my body, but not my love

I cling to nothing here below;
Appoint my journey and I go;
Though pierced by scorn, oppressed by pride
You are always by my side

No violencer done can hurtful prove
To souls on fire with heavenly love;
Though men and devils both condemn,
My fate does not belong to them.

He was with me then and He is with me now
They can kill my body, but not my soul;
He was with me then and He is with me now
They can kill my body, but not my love

In everlasting love I rest
As when I laid upon His chest
All this pain is light and fleeting
If only I can hear His heart beating
In everlasting love I rest
As when I laid upon His chest
All this pain is light and fleeting
If only I can hear His heart beating

He was with me then and He is with me now
They can kill my body, but not my soul;
He was with me then and He is with me now
They can kill my body, but not my love