The Olney Hymns Book 1 #6, “JEHOVAH-JIREH: The Lord will Provide” by William Cowper, English poet and hymn writer, (1731 – 1800).
The music for this reading is “We Stick Together” by Borrtex and was adapted for length under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
The saints should never be dismay’d,
Nor sink in hopeless fear;
For when they least expect His aid,
The Saviour will appear.
This Abraham found; he raised the knife,
God saw, and said, ‘Forbear!
Yon ram shall yield his meaner life;
Behold the victim there!
Once David seem’d Saul’s certain prey;
But hark! the foe’s at hand;
Saul turns his arms another way,
To save the invaded land.
When Jonah sunk beneath the wave,
He thought to rise no more;
But God prepared a fish to save,
And bear him to the shore.
Blest proofs of power and grace divine,
That meet us in His Word!
May every deep-felt care of mine
Be trusted with the Lord.
Wait for His seasonable aid,
And though it tarry, wait:
The promise may be long delay’d,
But cannot come too late.
