HAS God cast off for ever? Can time His Truth impair? His tender mercy never Shall I presume to share? Has He His lovingkindness Shut up in endless wrath? No; this is my own blindness, That cannot see His path.
I call to recollection The years of His right hand; And, strong in His protection, Again through faith I stand: Thy deeds declare Thy wonder; Holy are all Thy ways; The mighty voice of thunder Shall utter forth Thy praise.
Thy way is in great waters, Thy footsteps are not known; Let Adam’s sons and daughters Confide in Thee alone: Through the wild sea Thou leddest Thy chosen flock of yore; Still on the waves Thou treadest, And Thy redeemed pass o’er.
James Montgomery, 1771-1854