Isaiah 41:17: When the poor and needy seek water, &c

Poor needy souls athirst and faint
Who gasp for My redeeming love,
I will supply their spirit's want,
When bhndly after Me they rove,
When in the barren wilderness
Water they seek with fruitless care,
Seek in the channels of My grace.
Yet not one cooling drop is there.

Attentive to their feeblest cry,
When fails for thirst their cleaving tongue,
I mark them with a pitying eye,
I hear their silence ask, " How long!"
The Lord of Hosts, the God of grace,
I never will My people leave,
But present in their last distress
The long-expected blessing give.