JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "It is Well with My Soul" merupakan salah satu kidung pujian rohani yang liriknya ditulis oleh Horatio Spafford.
Lagu ini pertama kali dipublikasikan pada 1987 dalam Gospel Hymns No. 2.
"It is Well with My Soul" ditulis setelah Spafford mengalami kejadian traumatis ketika insiden Great Chicago Fire yang terjadi pada 1981.
Peristiwa tersebut membuatnya kehilangan sang anak yang berusia empat tahun dan kerusakan properti hingga membuatnya kesulitan secara finansial.
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Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "It is Well with My Soul".
[Verse 1]
G C D G
When peace like a river attendeth my way,
Em A D
When sorrows like sea billows roll,
G C A D
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
G C D G
"It is well, it is well with my soul."
[Chorus]
G D
It is well, (It is well,)
D G
With my soul, (With my soul,)
C G D G
It is well, it is well with my soul.
[Verse 2]
G C D G
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come
Em A D
Let this blest assurance control
G C A D
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate
G C D G
And has shed His own blood for my soul
[Verse 3]
G C D G
My sin - O, the bliss of this glorious thought
Em A D
My sin - not in part but the whole
G C A D
Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more
G C D G
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul
[Verse 4]
G C D G
And, Lord haste the day when the faith shall be sight
Em A D
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll
G C A D
The trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend
G C D G
Even so - it is well with my soul