C. M.

The covenant of grace unchangeable.

|Yet,| saith the Lord, |if David's race,

The children of my Son,

Should break my laws, abuse my grace,

And tempt mine anger down;

|Their sins I'll visit with the rod

And make their folly smart;

But I'll not cease to be their God,

Nor from my truth depart.

|My cov'nant I will ne'er revoke,

But keep my grace in mind

And what eternal love hath spoke

Eternal truth shall bind.

|Once have I sworn (I need no more)

And pledged my holiness,

To seal the sacred promise sure

To David and his race.

|The sun shall see his offspring rise

And spread from sea to sea,

Long as he travels round the skies

To give the nations day.

|Sure as the moon that rules the night

His kingdom shall endure,

Till the fixed laws of shade and light

Shall be observed no more.