Divine Compassion

Verse 1

The Lord forgets his wonted grace, Afflicted Zion said; My God withdraws his smiling face, Withdraws his heav'nly aid.

Verse 2

Shall the kind mother's gentle breast No soft emotion share; But, ev'ry tender thought supprest, Forget her infant care?

Verse 3

The helpless child, that oft her eyes Have watch'd with anxious thought, While her fond breast appeas'd his cries— And can he be forgot?

Verse 4

Strange as it is, yet this may be, For creature-love is frail; But thy Creator's love to thee, O Zion, cannot fail.

Verse 5

No, thy dear name engraven stands, In characters of love, On thy almighty Father's hands; And never shall remove.

Verse 6

Before his ever-watchful eye Thy mournful state appears, And ev'ry groan, and ev'ry sigh Divine compassion hears.

Verse 7

These anxious doubts indulge no more, Be ev'ry fear supprest; Unchanging truth, and love, and pow'r, Command thy cares to rest.