Hear What God the Lord Hath Spoken

Hear what God the Lord hath spok­en

“O my peo­ple

faint and few

Comfortless

af­flict­ed

brok­en

Fair abodes I build for you:

Themes of heart­felt 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 for­ev­er 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.