The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9032

9032. What Though No Flowers The Fig Tree Clothe?

1 What though no flowers the fig tree clothe,
Though vines their fruit deny,
The labor of the olive fail,
And fields no meat supply?

2 Though from the fold, with sad surprise,
My flock cut off I see;
Though famine pine in empty stalls,
Where herds were wont to be?

3 Yet in the Lord will I be glad,
And glory in His love;
In Him I’ll joy, who will the God
Of my salvation prove.

4 He to my tardy feet shall lend
The swiftness of the roe;
Till, raised on high, I safely dwell
Beyond the reach of woe.

5 God is the treasure of my soul,
The source of lasting joy;
A joy which want shall not impair,
Nor death itself destroy.

Text Information

• First Line: What though no flowers the fig tree clothe
• Title: What Though No Flowers The Fig Tree Clothe?
• Author: John Logan
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Scottish Translations and Paraphrases, 1791
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: SAWLEY by James Walch

Tune Information

• Name: BISHOPTHORPE
• Composer: Jeremiah Clarke (1700)
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain