1047    C.M.     T. Kelly
“By whom shall Jacob arise?” Amos 7. 2, 5; Ps. 12. 1

1 “By whom shall Jacob now arise?”
  For Jacob’s friends are few;
  And (what should fill us with surprise)
  They seem divided too.

2 “By whom shall Jacob now arise?”
  For Jacob’s foes are strong;
  I read their triumph in their eyes;
  They think he’ll fail ere long.

3 “By whom shall Jacob now arise?”
  Can any tell by whom?
  Say, shall this branch that withered lies,
  Again revive and bloom?

4 Lord, thou canst tell – the work is thine;
  The help of man is vain;
  On Jacob now arise and shine,
  And he shall live again.