Is there any heart discouraged as it journeys on its way?
   Does there seem to be more darkness than there is of sunny day?
Oh, it's hard to learn the lesson as we pass beneath the rod,
   That the sunshine and the shadows serve alike the will of God!
But there comes a word of promise, like the promise in the bow--
   That, however deep the waters, they shall never overflow.

When the flesh is worn and weary, and the spirit is depressed,
   And temptation sweeps upon it like a storm on ocean's breast,
There's a haven ever open for the tempest driven bird,
   There's a shelter for the tempted in the promise of the Word;
For the standard of the Spirit shall be raised against the foe,
   And, however deep the waters, they shall never ovrflow.

When a sorrow comes upon you that no other soul can share,
   And the burden seems too heavy for the human heart to bear;
There is one whose grace can comfort, if you'll give to Him abode;
   For the precious promise reaches to the depths of human woe,
That, however deep the waters, they shall never overflow.

When the sands of life are ebbing, and I near the Jordan's shore,
   When I see its waters rising, and I hear its billows roar,
I will reach my hand to Jesus, in His bosom I shall hide,
   And 'twill only be a moment till I reach the other side.
It is then the fullest meaning of the promise I shall know--
   "When thou passest through the waters," they shall never overflow.