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Refrain:
I’m walking through trouble You're holding on
I'm walking through trouble You're holding on
Keep holding on
Verse 1:
With all my heart I bow and give you thanks
Thanks for the outrageous love we're in
The day I called your word surpassed your fame
Thanks for the outrageous love we're in
Verse 2:
With all your heart you bow and come in close
Loving all who're poor and needing help
The day I called I felt my courage grow
Loving all who're poor and needing help
Verse 3:
I’m in it deep; you've got us in your hands
shaping us in your forever love
Please don't let go; keep working through your plans
shaping us in your forever love
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God is my shepherd
Who is my shepherd?
Who lays out the way of justice?
Who provides for me in a complicated world?
God is my shepherd
Who guides and leads my life?
Who is with me when death is near?
Whose generosity overwhelms me?
God is my shepherd
Who lets me sprawl in green meadows?
To whom do I cry out?
Whose love pursues me daily?
God is my shepherd
Who refreshes my life by still waters?
Who seeks me out when I am lost?
To whose family will I always belong?
God is my shepherd
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Verse 1:
You were my midwife
You caught me as I came into life
You were my midwife
You heard me take my first breath and cry
refrain:
You are my hope You've loved me from birth
You are my hope I trust you more than anyone on earth
Verse 2:
You were my midwife
You smiled at me all naked and small
You were my midwife
And all these years we've shared this rare bond
Verse 3:
You’re still my midwife
You've seen me through each passage of change
You're still my midwife
I trust you with my life every day
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Part 1:
Listen to my sighing
Holy One, hear my cry.
Part 2:
In the morning
Hear my voice with the sunrise.
Part 3:
Wait and hope
We wait and hope.
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Refrain:
This is our whole heart Hallelujah
Our cup is running over, running over so
This is our whole heart Hallelujah
A never-ending waterfall of love
Verse 1:
The covenant of love
is strong in our history
Mercy is with us
Justice is with us
Verse 2:
The covenant of love
is ancient to our people
It will last forever
God is with us
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Verse 1:
I’m a lonely bird on a rooftop
My days are burning away
I’m a lonely bird on a rooftop
My days are burning away
I’m a lonely bird waitin’ for mercy
Verse 2:
I’m a little owl in the wilderness
My life is like an evening shadow
I’m a little owl in the wilderness
My life is like an evening shadow
I’m a little owl crying out from the Hole
Refrain:
I’m a lonely bird I’m a lonely bird
Don’t you think it’s time?
Verse 3:
You broke my stride and you cut me down
while you go on
You broke my stride and you cut me down
while you go on
You broke my stride and I’ve been alone too long
Verse 4:
You’re looking down from your holy sky
You hear our prison groans
You’re looking down from your holy sky
You hear our prison groans
You love this lonely bird through these walls of stone
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7. |
O Love! (Ps 22)
02:32
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Verse 1:
O Love, you never turned away
O Love, you never turned away
We remember and return to you
O Love, you never turned away
Refrain:
O Love, O Love, O Love
Our hearts will sing
O Love, O Love, O Love
Verse 2:
O Love, you listened when we cried
O Love, you listened when we cried
We remember and return to you
O Love, you listened when we cried
Refrain
Verse 3:
O Love, you brought us through the pain
O Love, you brought us through the pain
We remember and return to you
O Love, you brought us through the pain
Refrain
Verse 4:
O Love, your story is our life
O Love, your story is our life
We remember and return to you
O Love, your story is our life
Refrain
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8. |
Rest in Shalom (Ps 4)
04:11
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Verse 1:
When you are disturbed, trembling, struggling with the evil
Do not give in
Do not give in
When you are stirred up, angry, wrestling with the goodness
Do not give in Do not give in
Refrain:
Rest in shalom Oh
Rest in shalom
Verse 2:
And when the night comes, bedtime, lying down to ponder
Come search your heart
Come search your heart
Reflect on the world softly, resting in the wonder
Come search your heart
Come search your heart
Refrain
Verse 3:
You breathe the One's name sighing, quieting the ripples
You still yourself
You still yourself
Your life speaks to you. Listen up and down the body
You still yourself
You still yourself
Refrain
Verse 4:
The song of all life, trusting, letting go and smiling
Rest in your life
Rest in your life
It's all as it is, offering, welcoming a new day
Rest in your life
Rest in your life
Refrain
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Refrain:
I love the Keeper of Life for she hears my cry
I call on her all day and every day
I love the Keeper of Life for she hears my cry
I call on her all day and every day
Verse 1:
Oh, the fear of death had found me
The noose of death had bound me
Oh, trouble and grief up to my neck
Then I called on the Keeper of Life
She had my back
She had my back
Refrain
Verse 2:
She's all compassion and all justice
protects the simplest of us
When I was failing, she rescued me
I told myself, "Relax, be at peace.”
She's good to me
She's good to me
Refrain
Verse 3:
You've freed my life from death
You've freed my eyes from tears
You've freed my feet from stumbling on the path
So I can walk with you, with you
All through this life
All through this life
Refrain
Verse 4:
I trust the Keeper with my life
I'm remembering a bad time
I was crashing and burning, in a state
Couldn't see anyone who was good
I trusted you
I trusted you
Refrain
Verse 5:
How could I ever pay her back
for all she's given to me?
I'll lift up the cup of rescue now
Call her name as I look at the crowd
Renew my vow
Renew my vow
Refrain
Verse 6:
Oh, here I am, your servant
just like my mom before me
You freed me and smiled upon my life
So I make you this sacrifice:
My gratitude
My gratitude
Refrain
Verse 7:
Oh, accept the vows I make now
in front of this assembly
in the center of this holy place
in the midst of Jerusalem
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Refrain
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Verse 1:
You, you overflow with tenderness
Wash the world so clean
that all is drenched in grateful song
You, you overflow with tenderness
Let everything and everyone, everywhere and always
Refrain:
Bless your unspeakable name forever and ever
Bless your unspeakable name forever and ever
Verse 2:
You, your pattern stretches everywhere,
weaves through everything.
Together nothing is alone.
You, your pattern stretches everywhere
Let everything and everyone, everywhere and always
Refrain
Verse 3:
We belong to you together one
so we have no peace
until our hearts find rest in you
We belong to you together one
Let everything and everyone, everywhere and always
Refrain
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Verse 1:
You’re the goodness raining on the farmland
You're peace sprouting in the mountain fields
You're a harvest of the love and justice
ripening to feed and heal Bb
Refrain:
These lives are precious
These lives are precious, you know
These lives are precious
Oh, These lives are precious, you know
Verse 2:
Help the one who's neck is being stepped on
Knock down the oppressor It's your vow
Help the one who's helpless in the moment
Do the act of justice now
Refrain
Verse 2:
Push against the hatred they have taught us
Away with the systematic fear
Help the one who's neck is being stepped on
Shower rain upon the fields
Refrain
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12. |
How Long (Ps 13)
03:59
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Refrain:
How long?
How long will you forget us always?
How long? How long will you withhold your face?
Verse 1:
Meanwhile, I wrestle with my thoughts,
A sadness in my heart all day
Seems like God now has been displaced
The terrorists in charge now with the glory, glory
Refrain
Verse 2:
Look my way, God, and answer me!
Won't you shine your face my way
Your light gone, I'll be sleeping death
My enemies will see me fall and celebrate, celebrate
Refrain
Verse 3:
And yet I've trusted in your love
Joy is in my heart today
Hear me sing of your faithful love
God has been good to me, good to me, good to me
Refrain
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13. |
O Life, Yeshua (Ps 3)
04:44
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Verse 1:
On the verge of overwhelm
O Life, yeshua
At the border of despair
O Life, yeshua
Pre-Ref:
They say there is no help
They say there is no hope
Refrain:
O Life, Yeshua Life, Yeshua
O Life, sustain us now
O Life, Yeshua Life, Yeshua
O Life, sustain us now
Verse 2:
My heart's been beating all my life
O Life, yeshua
My head is lifted up to breathe
O Life, yeshua
Verse 3:
Crying out, I hear your voice
O Life, yeshua
Gone to sleep, I am awake
O Life, yeshua
Verse 4: My fear is not of them
O Life, yeshua
You disarm terror
O Life, yeshua
Verse 5:
We live always in you
O Life, yeshua
We all live always in you
O Life, yeshua
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14. |
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Refrain:
Bring us all back
Bring us all back
Verse 1:
Bring our lonely ones home to loving arms
Daily bear us
Bring our lost ones home safe from the sea
Daily bear us
Refrain
Verse 2:
Free our poor ones from their fearfulness
Daily bear us
Bring our captive loves back home safe and sound
Daily bear us
Refrain
Verse 3:
Heal our cravings and illusions
Daily bear us
Graft our certain death into thriving life
Daily bear us
Refrain
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15. |
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Verse 1:
I take shelter in you but where are you now?
Why have you not yet rescued me?
I take shelter in you but where are you now?
Why have you not yet rescued me?
Refrain:
Send out your light to lead us
Send out your light to lead us home
Send out your light to lead us
Send out your light to lead us home
Verse 2:
I will sing, I will play when you get me there
Why is my soul so beaten down?
I will sing, I will play when you get me there
Why is my soul so beaten down?
Refrain
Verse 3:
We will wait, we will wait for you are our help
Where else on earth have we to turn?
We will wait, we will wait for you are our help
Where else on earth have we to turn?
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Let me hear it
Let me hear it in the morning
I gotta hear the story of your steady, steady love
Let me hear it
Let me hear it in the morning
I gotta hear the story of your steady, steady love
I'm trusting you
I lift my life to you today
’Cause I'm confused
and I cannot see the way
Let me hear it Let me hear it in the morning
I gotta hear the story of your steady, steady love
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