When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.
- Johnson Oatman 1897
I. The steadfast love of God for His people (7)
II. God’s election and salvation of His people (8-9)
III. God’s empathy and grief for His people (10)
IV. God’s covenant commitment to His people (11-14)
V. God’s glory through the salvation and preservation of His people (12, 14)