Comfort In Affliction
Verse 1
Out of the depths of woe, To thee, O Lord, I cry; Darkness surrounds me, but I know That thou art ever nigh.
Verse 2
Humbly on thee I wait To bring deliv' rance in, E' en now wide springs the eastern gate, And rays of dawn stream in.
Verse 3
O! hearken to my voice, Give ear to my complaint; Thou bidd' st the mourning soul rejoice, Thou comfortest the faint.
Verse 4
Glory to God above! The ' whelming floods will cease; For, lo! the swift returning dove Brings back the sign of peace.
Verse 5
Though storms his face obscure, And dangers threaten loud, Jehovah' s covenant is sure, His bow is in the cloud.