Holding On To Hope

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('Put thou thy trust in God')

Habakkuk* 3 v.16-19

*'Habba-cook': Old Testament prophet

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Though we not come so far

Extinguished not our star

Yet Habakkuk his prayer did say

When he in desperate days

 

Though fig tree not blossom

No fruit there, not e'en some

Nor grapes in the vine, olive tree

Is barren and bare, see

 

And if fields no food yield

Not restored and not healed

And flock be cut off from the fold

Not one sheep there be told

 

And no herd in the stalls

The earthly scene appals

Yet will he, prophet, still rejoice

In the LORD, He his choice

 

God of his salvation

And unto each nation

The LORD God, he his strength, He will

Uphold prophet's way still

 

So as prophet of old

Keep us, we in your fold

Act for ur good, mercy and grace

And your love may we trace

 

Trusting you will provide

Help us not hoard or hide

But share with needy, may day dawn

Soon, your restoring morn