Sin and Divine Patience

Verse 1

Their God and Savior they forgot, Their Helper and their Stay, But Moses plead the promised grace And turned God's wrath away.

Verse 2

Yea, they despised the pleasant land, The promised land of God, And tempted Him to make them fall And scatter them abroad.

Verse 3

They sacrificed to heathen gods, And God their sin repaid; Then holy wrath avenged the wrong, And so the plague was stayed.

Verse 4

The Lord approved the righteous act Of him who sin abhorred, And honored him for evermore With just and great reward.

Verse 5

By wicked strife they angered God, His wrath they did provoke; And, stirred by their rebellious cries, Their leader rashly spoke.

Verse 6

Ensnared, they served the heathen gods, And by them were beguiled; The blood of children sacrificed The very land defiled.

Verse 7

Against His own inheritance Jehovah's wrath arose, His chosen people He condemned To serve their heathen foes.

Verse 8

Though from their harsh oppressors' hand Ofttimes He set them free, Rebellious still, they were brought low In their iniquity.

Verse 9

When unto God they cried, He heard And turned again His face, In boundless love remembering The covenant of His grace.

Verse 10

He even touched their captors' hearts, And made their very foes Compassionate and pitiful To feel His people's woes.

Verse 11

Save us, O Lord, our gracious God, From alien lands reclaim, That we may triumph in Thy praise And bless Thy holy Name.

Verse 12

Blessed be the Lord our covenant God, All praise to Him accord; Let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye, praise ye the Lord.