Psalm 130
Out of despair, I cry a prayer:
Hear my voice, oh Lord!
Let Your ears be list’ning for me;
Let mercy be my reward.
Chorus:
Oh Israel, put your hope in the Lord
For in the Lord is unfailing love
And full redemption
If You had been counting our sins,
Oh Lord, who could survive?
But You forgive again and again;
We rev’rence You, God on high
Out of despair, I cry a prayer:
Hear my voice, oh Lord!
Let Your ears be list’ning for me;
Let mercy be my reward.
Chorus:
Oh Israel, put your hope in the Lord
For in the Lord is unfailing love
And full redemption
If You had been counting our sins,
Oh Lord, who could survive?
But You forgive again and again;
We rev’rence You, God on high
CHORUS
All through the night, watchmen await,
Longing to see the morn;
So waits my soul, for He is my hope,
I’m waiting for the Lord
CHORUS
Mercy and love arrive with the Lord,
Eagerly He redeems
Israel again from all kinds of sin,
From its captivity
CHORUS
The Day of the Lord
Refrain:
We ache and rejoice, we long and we fear
For mercy and justice to visit us here
We tremble and trust as the Day of the Lord comes near
Days of injustice drag on
Corruption and sin all around
But when He returns to make everything right,
Will anyone righteous be found?
REFRAIN
Why does the Lord seem so far
Away from our suffering and pain?
Dear children of God, hear the Spirit and hope
O trust and do not be afraid
Refrain:
We ache and rejoice, we long and we fear
For mercy and justice to visit us here
We tremble and trust as the Day of the Lord comes near
Days of injustice drag on
Corruption and sin all around
But when He returns to make everything right,
Will anyone righteous be found?
REFRAIN
Why does the Lord seem so far
Away from our suffering and pain?
Dear children of God, hear the Spirit and hope
O trust and do not be afraid
REFRAIN
All who enslave and oppress
The Lord will afflict and oppose
But glory and gladness He gives to the weak,
His children whose sorrow He knows
REFRAIN
Judgment belongs to the Lord,
Holy and righteous and strong
Salvation and healing are also in Him;
We join and rejoice in His song
REFRAIN
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Additional stanzas:
All of us sin and fall short
Selfish and sinful and proud
But when we repent in the power of Christ,
We grow in the witnesses' cloud
Slither and flee from the wrath
The prophet proclaims is to come
Bow in repentance and fear;
To God and your neighbor give love
The axe of the judgment of God
Is aimed at the root of the tree
So bow in repentance and mourn
Receive His salvation and peace
Vengeance belongs to the Lord
Who wipes out the wicked and vile
He lifts up the lonely in families of love
He rescues the weak, helpless child
Cold
Waking up is the hardest part
The sound of alarm is the lead of my heart
The silence seduces me back towards sleep;
Desire to have you alive comes, so selfishly
I never thought much before
About the value of your support
The knowledge that you would hold me until I cried
I cannot call up these tears
Though I'm surrounded by so many fears
The missing of your laughter leaves me cold, so cold
Fully alive and barely awake;
Flipping the switch and turning away
My eyes are sore and my heart still aches;
Summoning up the courage for another day
Waking up is the hardest part
The sound of alarm is the lead of my heart
The silence seduces me back towards sleep;
Desire to have you alive comes, so selfishly
I never thought much before
About the value of your support
The knowledge that you would hold me until I cried
I cannot call up these tears
Though I'm surrounded by so many fears
The missing of your laughter leaves me cold, so cold
An image of you in your lasting breath;
Now you are changeless, alive in your death
Healed and forgiven, and deeply transformed,
Soon resurrected, and shortly reborn
Starting with one single second,
I am allowing myself to believe
The hope I have been called to is not in vain
The Spirit is proving, again and again,
Though at times it all seems so slow
My heart and your body will not always be so cold, oh no