The Psalter ‎#296

296. Providential Visitations

1 Springs and streams no longer bless
All the dry and thirsty land;
Fertile fields in verdant dress
God converts to desert sand;
For that they who dwell therein
Turn to wickedness and sin.

2 Once again the waters well,
All the desert blossoms fair;
There He makes the hungry dwell,
There a city they prepare,
Plant their vines and sow their fields,
And the earth her increase yields.

3 Now He blessed them indeed,
They are greatly multiplied;
On the hills their cattle feed,
Fast increasing, spreading wide;
Then again they are brought low
Through oppression, grief, and woe.

4 His contempt the princes taste;
Driven out they helpless fly,
Wand'ring in the trackless waste;
But He lifts the needy high,
Where no evil shall annoy,
And with children gives him joy.

5 When His righteous judgments come,
Strong to bless and to destroy,
All iniquity is dumb,
All the righteous sing for joy;
Who Jehovah wisely heed,
In His works His mercy read.

Text Information

• First Line: Springs and streams no longer bless
• Title: Providential Visitations
• Meter: 7s
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1912
• Scripture:
  Psalm 107
• Topic: Adoration; Afflictions: For sin; Christ: Providences of; Glory of God: In Providence; God: Love and Mercy; Gospel: Invitations of; Praise: Calls to; Praise: For God's Mercy; Providence of God: Over His Creatures; Royalty of Christ: Guarantee of Salvation; Royalty of Christ: Providential; Royalty of Christ: Universal Domain of; Thanksgiving: Declared; Thanksgiving: For God's Mercies; Worship: Call to
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Stanzas 16-20

Tune Information

• Name: GREATOREX
• Composer: Chester G. Allen
• Meter: 7s
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.