A      D               Bm
For a little while have I forsaken thee;
G              A              G      D
But with great mercies will I gather thee.
     A      D              F#m       Bm
In a little wrath I hid my face from thee
      G
For a moment.
F#m      Bm                          G
But with everlasting kindness will I gather thee,
F#m      Bm                               G
And with mercy will I take thee ‘neath my wings,
F#m     Bm                              G
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills shall be removed,
        F#m                               G
And the valleys shall be lost beneath the sea,
    Em       G
But know, my child,
   Em  D          G     A         D
My kindness shall not depart from thee!


[Verse 2]
              A          D                 Bm
Though thine afflictions seem at times too great to bear,
G            A                 G     D
I know thine every thought and every care.
               A    D                 F#m   Bm
And though the very jaws of hell gape after thee
     G
I am with thee.
F#m      Bm                       G
And with everlasting mercy will I succor thee,
F#m      Bm                                 G
And with healing will I take thee ‘neath my wings.
F#m        Bm                              G
Though the mountains shall depart, and the hills shall be removed,
        F#m                               G
And the valleys shall be lost beneath the sea,
Em       G
Know, my child,
   Em  D          G     A         D
My kindness shall not depart from thee!


[Bridge]
F#m
How long can rolling waters
G
Remain impure?
F#m                               G
What pow'r shall stay the hand of God?
Bb                     C                F
The Son of Man hath descended below all things.
Bb       F            G
Art thou greater than He?


[Verse 3]
        A      D                Bm
So hold on thy way, for I shall be with thee.
G        A              G      D
And mine angels shall encircle thee.
          A         D                 F#m      Bm
Doubt not what thou knowest, Fear not man, for he
       G
Cannot hurt thee.
F#m      Bm                          G
And with everlasting kindness will I succor thee,
F#m      Bm                               G
And with mercy will I take thee ‘neath my wings.
F#m     Bm                              G
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills shall be removed,
        F#m                               G
And the valleys shall be lost beneath the sea,
    Em       G
But know, my child,
   Em  D          G     A         Bm
My kindness shall not depart from thee!


[Refrain]
   Em  D          G     A
My kindness shall not depart (pause)
     D     G   A   D
from thee!