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Gentle Reader,
In my devotional reading today I came across a line from the song “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen,” written by Henry Thacker Burleigh. Growing up my parents would often sing the first line when I or my brother was throwing a fit. I had no idea that the lyrics were so rich and deep.
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
Nobody knows but Jesus
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen,
Glory Hallelujah!
Sometimes I’m up, sometimes I’m down
Oh, yes, Lord!
Sometimes I’m almost to the ground,
Oh, yes, Lord!
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
Nobody knows but Jesus
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen,
Glory Hallelujah!
Now you may think that I don’t know,
Oh, yes, Lord!
But I’ve had my troubles here below.
Oh, yes, Lord!
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
Nobody knows but Jesus
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen,
Glory Hallelujah!
One day when I was walkin’ along
Oh, yes, Lord!
The sky opened up and love came down
Oh, yes, Lord!
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
Nobody knows but Jesus
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen,
Glory Hallelujah!
What makes old Satan hate me so?
Oh, yes, Lord!
He had me once and had to let me go
Oh, yes, Lord!
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
Nobody knows but Jesus
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen,
Glory Hallelujah!
I never shall forget that day,
Oh, yes, Lord!
When Jesus washed my sins away
Oh, yes, Lord!
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
Nobody knows but Jesus
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen,
Glory Hallelujah!
Take heart, my friend.
Somebody knows.
