1. Change is our por­tion here;
Soon fades the sum­mer sky,
The land­scape droops in au­tumn sear,
And spring flow­ers bloom to die:
But faith­ful is Je­ho­vah’s word,
"I will be with thee," sa­ith the Lord.

2. Change is our por­tion here;
Along the heav­en­ly road:
In faith and hope and ho­ly fear,
In love to­wards our God:
How oft­en we dis­trust the word,
"I will be with thee," sa­ith the Lord.

3. Change is our por­tion here;
Yet midst our chang­ing lot,
Midst wi­ther­ing flow­ers and tem­pests drear,
There is that chang­es not.
Unchangeable Je­ho­vah’s word,
"I will be with thee," sa­ith the Lord.

4. Changeless, the way of peace:
Changeless, Em­man­uel’s name;
Changeless, the cov­en­ant of grace;
Eternally the same.
"I change not" is a Fa­ther’s word.
"And I am with thee," sa­ith the Lord.