Must friends and kindred droop and die
by Isaac Watts·1707·Meter 8.6.8.6 (CM)
Based on Zech 1:5.
1
Must friends and kindred droop and die,
And helpers be withdrawn?
While sorrow with a weeping eye
Counts up our comforts gone?
2
Be thou our comfort, mighty God!
Our helper and our friend;
Nor leave us in this dangerous road,
Till all our trials end.
3
O may our feet pursue the way
Our pious fathers led!
With love and holy zeal obey
The counsels of the dead.
4
Let us be weaned from all below,
Let hope our grief expel,
While death invites our souls to go
Where our best kindred dwell.