and they asked Him to help

Can't get this chorus out of my mind, another Mullins original. The verses are largely non-applicable as they describe specific historical events. But the chorus rings true even two millenia later:

My Deliverer is coming; my Deliverer is standing by.
My Deliverer is coming; my Deliverer is standing by.

He will never break His promise. He has written it upon the sky.

My Deliverer is coming; my Deliverer is standing by.
My Deliverer is coming; my Deliverer is standing by.

The idea of the Lord standing in readiness, waiting for trial, looking for danger is a powerful one. Easy to speak only of the deliverance carried out on Calvary's Hill. Often harder to credit modern deliverance to the Almighty. But our God is not a one-trick Savior. Our God is not an absentee Shepherd. This chorus should become a permanently-engraved mantra in the hearts of all believers. Trials now? Yes. But He is coming. Deliverance is at hand. Salvation awaits those who place their trust in His Glory.