Psalm 107 Last Part

Verse 1

When God, provoked with daring crimes, Scourges the madness of the times, He turns their fields to barren sand, And dries the rivers from the land.

Verse 2

His word can raise the springs again, And make the withered mountains green; Send showery blessings from the skies, And harvests in the desert rise.

Verse 3

Where nothing dwelt but beasts of prey, Or men as fierce and wild as they, He bids th' oppressed and poor repair, And builds them towns and cities there.

Verse 4

They sow the fields, and trees they plant, Whose yearly fruit supplies their want; Their race grows up from fruitful stocks, Their wealth increases with their flocks.

Verse 5

Thus they are blessed; but if they sin, He lets the heathen nations in; A savage crew invades their lands, Their princes die by barb'rous hands.

Verse 6

Their captive sons, exposed to scorn, Wander unpitied and forlorn; The country lies unfenced, untilled, And desolation spreads the field.

Verse 7

Yet if the humbled nation mourns, Again his dreadful hand he turns; Again he makes their cities thrive, And bids the dying churches live.

Verse 8

The righteous, with a joyful sense, Admire the works of Providence; And tongues of atheists shall no more Blaspheme the God that saints adore.

Verse 9

How few with pious care record These wondrous dealings of the Lord! But wise observers still shall find The Lord is holy, just, and kind.