Comanding Cause

"Lift up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it.... and Moses stretched his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided" (Exodus 14:16-21). "For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: by Thy right hand, and Thine arm, and the light of Thy countenance, because Thou hadst a favor unto them. Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances.... For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me" (Psalm 44:3-6).

Moses lifted up his rod,
And he stretched out his hand,
But the power was of God,
And the cause was His command.

Thus the waters were divided,
And the sea became dry land,
For the battle God decided,
And the cause was His command.

So it was for Israel,
Whom God thus made to stand,
In that land where they would dwell,
And the cause was His command.

I will not trust my feeble arm,
For now I understand:
By God alone I'm kept from harm,
And the cause is His command.