“Yet,” Saith the Lord

Yet

saith the Lord

“if Da­vid’s race

The child­ren of My Son

Should break My laws

ab­use My grace

And tempt Mine an­ger down

“Their sins I’ll vis­it with the rod

And make their fol­ly smart;

But I’ll not cease to be their God

Nor from My truth de­part.

“My cov’nant I will ne’er re­voke

But keep My grace in mind

And what eter­nal love hath spoke

Eternal truth shall bind.

“Once have I sworn (I need no more)

And pledged My ho­li­ness

To seal the sac­red pro­mise sure

To Da­vid and his race.

“The sun shall see His off­spring rise

And spread from sea to sea

Long as he tra­vels round the skies

To give the na­tions day.

Sure as the moon that rules the night

His king­dom shall en­dure

Till the fixed laws of shade and light

Shall be ob­served no more.