The Power of Faith to Overcome

If today I reap joy, and tomorrow, I reap sorrow,

I will still praise thee.

Should I be cast down and shoved into a pit,

And should my laughter be taken away from me,

I will eat of my bitterness, and I will exalt thee.

Shall I say that today thou hast blessed me, and tomorrow thou shalt curse me?

Shall I forget thy goodness, and say that thou hast lost thy love for me?

I shall not.

I will not be made restless in my tribulation;

But, in patience, shall I wait on thee to deliver me.

For thine hand shall be gracious and protect me,

And the same shall try me with temptation and sorrows.

I am convicted of the faith which I have found in thee,

For though I am continually afflicted with sorrows,

‘Tis yet a little while,

And they shall be no more.