1. When Israel, by divine command,
The pathless desert trod,
They found, throughout the barren land,
A sure resource in God.
2. A cloudy pillar mark’d the road,
And screen’d them from the heat;
From the hard rock the water flow’d,
And manna was their meat.
3. Like them, we have a rest in view,
Secure from hostile Pow’rs;
Like them, we pass a desert too,
But Israel’s God is ours.
4. His word a light before us spreads,
By which our path we see;
His love, a banner o’er our heads,
From harm preserves us free.
5. Jesus, the bread of life, is giv’n
To be our daily food;
Himself the wond’rous stream of heav’n,
The precious grace of God.
6. Lord, ’tis enough, we ask no more;
Thy grace around us pours
Its rich and unexhausted store,
And all its joy is ours.