Egypt's Example

"Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians… hardened their hearts?  When He had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go?" (1 Samuel 6:6).  "How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?... But I have trusted in Thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation" (Psalm 13:1,5).  "A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished" (Proverbs 27:12).  "Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place" (Acts 1:25). 

Examples surely do exist

Of rebel hearts that had been hardened,

As Egypt, choosing to resist

Instead of turning to be pardoned. 

We hear the psalmist cry to God

"How long?" immersed in tribulation,

But when God saved him with His rod,

His heart rejoiced in His salvation. 

A prudent man foresees the wrath

And finds in Christ his Hiding Place,

But many choose rebellion's path,

As Judas, who refused God's grace.

Examples that have been revealed,

As Egypt plagued with judgment's sword,

Declare how sinners can be healed

If they will hide in You, O Lord.