Verse 1
The world he made he still sustains.
Why then dost thou, O Israel, say,
“My God forgets his people’s pains,
His Jacob is a castaway.”
Verse 2
Repent thee of thy peevish haste,
Recall the rash desponding word,
No more complain, “The hour is past,
And I have wearied out my Lord.”
Verse 3
Hast thou not heard, hast thou not known
The everlasting God, that laid
The earth’s foundations, rules alone,
Nor faints to bear the world he made?
Verse 4
Jehovah is unchangeable,
His ways, and thoughts, are not as ours,
He chears the languid souls that fail,
And quickens all their drooping powers.
Verse 5
Gently he lifts the fallen up,
He gives them faith, and faith’s increase,
Revives their feeble, dying hope,
And fills with love, and joy, and peace.
Verse 6
Blasted the vigour of the young
Shall fade, and suddenly decay;
The bold, and confident, and strong,
Shall fear, despair, and die away.
Verse 7
But they, who wait upon the Lord,
Shall surely find his promise true,
Receive the quickning powerful word,
And born of God their strength renew.
Verse 8
Their willing souls from sin set free,
Shall swiftly in his statutes move,
Shall walk in glorious liberty,
Shall fly upon the wings of love.
Verse 9
With eagle’s wings their souls shall rise,
Steady and strong to heaven soar,
Regain on earth their native skies,
And faint, and fall, and sin no more.