He Waiteth to Be Gracious

Verse 1

Thy ceaseless, unexhausted love, unmerited and free, delights our evil to remove, and help our misery.

Verse 2

Thou waitest to be gracious still; thou dost with sinners bear, that, saved, we may thy goodness feel, and all thy grace declare.

Verse 3

Thy goodness and thy truth to me, to ev'ry soul abound, a vast, unfathomable sea, where all our thoughts are drowned.

Verse 4

Its streams the whole creation reach, so plenteous is the store, enough for all, enough for each, enough for evermore.

Verse 5

Faithful, O Lord, thy mercies are, a rock that cannot move; a thousand promises declare, thy constancy of love.

Verse 6

Throughout the universe it reigns, unalterably sure; and while the truth of God remains the goodness must endure.