318    S.M.     Isaac Watts
God’s Unchangeable Love. Ps. 106. 7-48; Lev. 26. 40, 42

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

2 [They saw thy wonders wrought,
  And then thy praise they sung;
  But soon thy works of power forgot,
  And murmured with their tongue.]

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

4 Yet, when they mourned their faults,
  He hearkened to their groans,
  Brought his own covenant to his thoughts,
  And called them still his sons.

5 [Their names were in his book;
  He saved them from their foes;
  Oft he chastised, but ne’er forsook
  The people that he chose.]

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