Lyrics · Malachi
Will a Man Rob God?
Malachi 3:8-18
[Question and Answer]
“Will a man rob God?” the prophet asks.
The people answer, “How could this be?”
“In tithes and offerings withheld from covenant,
The lack itself has testified.”
[Verse I]
Bring the whole tithe to the storehouse,
Let there be provision in the place.
The promise speaks of opened heaven,
Not a market trick but covenant grace.
[Chorus]
Will a man rob God,
Then wonder why the field is bare?
Covenant hands cannot stay closed
While asking heaven still to care.
Will a man rob God,
Then call the proud alone secure?
Faith becomes a practiced offering;
Generosity makes worship sure.
[Verse II]
The devourer will be rebuked,
The vine will hold its fruit in time.
Nations call the land delightful,
Not because greed learned to shine.
[Contrast]
Harsh words say serving God is empty,
Mourners gain no profit from the dust.
The proud seem raised, the tempters rescued,
So cynics crown themselves as just.
[Bridge: Remembrance]
But those who feared the LORD spoke often,
Listened closely, name to name.
A book of memory was written
For the ones who honored what they claimed.
[Final Chorus]
Will a man rob God,
Then treat devotion as a trade?
The storehouse, field, and book of memory
Show the difference choices made.
Will a man rob God,
The day will make the answer clear:
God will spare his treasured people
As a father spares a son held dear.
[Outro]
One ledger counted grain;
Another remembered names.

