Jehovah-Jireh⁠—The Lord Will Provide

I

The saints should never be dismay’d,
  Nor sink in hopeless fear;
For, when they least expect his aid,
  The Saviour will appear.

II

This Abra’m found: he raised the knife,
  God saw, and said, “Forbear!
Yon ram shall yield his meaner life⁠—
  Behold the victim there.”

III

Once David seem’d Saul’s certain prey;
  But hark! the foe’s at hand;
Saul turns his arms another way,
  To save th’ invaded land.

IV

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.

V

Bless’d proofs of power and grace divine
  That meet us in his word!
May every deep-felt care of mine
  Be trusted with the Lord!

VI

Wait for his seasonable aid,
  And though it tarry, wait:
The promise may be long delay’d,
  But cannot come too late.