1 God of eternal love,
How fickle are our ways! 
And yet how oft did Israel prove
Thy constancy of grace!

2 They saw thy wonders wrought,
And then thy praise they sung;
But soon thy works of power forgot,
And murmur’d with their tongue.

3 Now they believe his word, While rocks with rivers flow; Now with their lusts provoke the Lord, And he reduc’d them low.

4 Yet when they mourn’d their faults, He hearken’d to their groans, Brought his own covenant to his thoughts, And call’d them still his sons.

5 Their names were in his book,
He sav’d them from their foes;
Oft he chastis’d, but ne’er forsook
The people that he chose.

6 Let Israel bless the Lord,
Who lov’d their ancient race;
And Christians join the solemn word
Amen, to all the praise.

Psalm 107:1.  First Part. 
Israel led to Canaan,
and Christians to Heaven.

1 Give thanks to God; he reigns above, Kind are his thoughts, his Name is love; His mercy ages past have known, And ages long to come shall own.

2 Let the redeemed of the Lord
The wonders of his grace record;
Israel, the nation whom he chose,
And rescu’d from their mighty foes.

3 [When God’s almighty arm had broke Their fetters and th’ Egyptian yoke, They trac’d the desert, wandering round A wild and solitary ground.

4 There they could find no leading road,
Nor city for a fix’d abode;
Nor food, nor fountain to assuage
Their burning thirst, or hunger’s rage.]

5 In their distress to God they cry’d, God was their Saviour and their Guide; He led their march far wandering round, ’Twas the right path to Canaan’s ground.

6 Thus when our first release we gain From sin’s old yoke, and Satan’s chain, We have this desert world to pass, A dangerous and a tiresome place.

7 He feeds and clothes us all the way, He guides our footsteps lest we stray, He guards us with a powerful hand And brings us to the heavenly land.

8 O let the saints with joy record The truth and goodness of the Lord!  How great his works! how kind his ways!  Let every tongue pronounce his praise.

Psalm 107:2.  Second Part. 
Correction for sin, and release by prayer.

1 From age to age exalt his Name,
God and his grace are still the same;
He fills the hungry soul with food,
And feeds the poor with every good.

2 But if their hearts rebel and rise
Against the God that rules the skies,
If they reject his heavenly word,
And slight the counsels of the Lord,

3 He’ll bring their spirits to the ground, And no deliverer shall be found; Laden with grief they waste their breath In darkness and the shades of death,

4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries,
He makes the dawning light arise,
And scatters all that dismal shade,
That hung so heavy round their head.