Depart from Danger

"[Moses] spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men… lest ye be consumed in all their sins" (Numbers 16:26).  "God is the Judge: He putteth down one, and setteth up another" (Psalm 75:7).  "If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it" (Proverbs 9:12).  "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me" (Revelation 3:20).

There was a day when wicked men

Rebelled against God's chosen path,

And those whom they persuaded then

Were all in danger of God's wrath. 

It was not Moses whom they scorned,

But rather God, the Judge of all. 

Now let the scorner be forewarned

By this example we recall. 

The ignorance of condemnation

Endangers many souls today

Who still refuse the Lord's salvation

To follow those who go astray. 

O Lord, how fearful is the danger

When sinners won't depart from sin! 

Though now to them You are a Stranger,

We plead with them to let You in.