GOD of eternal love, How fickle are our ways! And yet how oft did Israel prove The constancy of grace!
They saw great wonders wrought, And then God’s praises sang; But soon those works of power forgot, And cried with murmuring tongue.
How they believe His Word While rocks with rivers flow! But soon their lusts provoke the Lord To frown, and bring them low.
Yet when they mourn their faults, He listens to their prayer, And moved with all a Father’s thoughts, Extends again His care.
So let us bless the Lord, For all His faithful ways To those who keep His holy Word And give Him all their praise.
Isaac Watts, 1674-1748