Never Silence our New Song

"How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?" (Psalm 137:4).  "The curse causeless shall not come" (Proverbs 26:2).  "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways" (Haggai 1:7).  "There met Him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off… and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us… And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.  And one of them… turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God… giving Him thanks… Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed?  But where are the nine?" (Luke 17:12-17).

There is a song that should not cease,

Though fleeting circumstances change,

For in the Lord we find our peace

When passing through a land that's strange. 

Rejoice, for we who once were cursed

Because we broke God's holy laws,

Are saved by Christ who loved us first

And died to rob the curse of cause! 

Let us consider well our ways

When we are tempted to complain,

That we may never cease to praise

Our Lord who bore our curse's pain.

Lord, as the leper whom You healed

Turned back amid the thankless throng,

We'd turn with thanks for grace revealed

And never silence our new song!