Hear what God the LORD hath spoken

The future peace and glory of the church by William Cowper


 * Hear what God the LORD hath spoken,
 * O my people, faint and few;
 * Comfortless, afflicted, broken,
 * Fair abodes I build for you:
 * Themes of heart-felt tribulation
 * Shall no more perplex your ways;
 * You shall name your walls, Salvation,
 * And your gates shall all be praise.


 * There, like streams that feed the garden,
 * Pleasures, without end, shall flow;
 * For the LORD, your faith rewarding,
 * All his bounty shall bestow:
 * Still in undisturbed possession,
 * Peace and righteousness shall reign;
 * Never shall you feel oppression,
 * Hear the voice of war again.


 * Ye no more your suns descending,
 * Waning moons no more shall see,
 * But your griefs, for ever ending,
 * Find eternal noon in me:
 * God shall rise, and shining o'er you,
 * Change to day the gloom of night;
 * He, the Lord, shall be your glory,
 * GOD your everlasting light.