338    148th     WIlliam Cowper
The Lord my Banner. Exod. 17. 15

1 [By whom was David taught
  To aim the dreadful blow,
  When he Goliath fought,
  And laid the Gittite low?
  No sword nor spear the stripling took,
  But chose a pebble from the brook.

2 ’Twas Israel’s God and King,
  Who sent him to the fight,
  Who gave him strength to sling
  And skill to aim aright;
  Ye feeble saints, your strength endures,
  Because young David’s God is yours.]

3 [Who ordered Gideon forth,
  To storm the invader’s camp,
  With arms of little worth –
  A pitcher and a lamp?
  The trumpets made his coming known,
  And all the host was overthrown.]

4 O! I have seen the day,
  When, with a single word,
  God helping me to say,
  “My trust is in the Lord,”
  My soul has quelled a thousand foes,
  Fearless of all that could oppose.

5 But unbelief, self-will,
  Self-righteousness, and pride,
  How often do they steal
  My weapon from my side!
  Yet David’s Lord and Gideon’s Friend,
  Will help his servant to the end.