{Intro}
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{Verse 1}
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Who can sound the depths of sor - row
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In the Father heart of God
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For the children we've rejected
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For the lives so deeply scarred?
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And each light that we've extin - guished
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Has brought darkness to our land
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Upon our nation, have mer - cy, Lord
{Verse 2}
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We have scorned the truth You gave us
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We have bowed to other lords
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We have sacrificed the children
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On the altars of our gods
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O let truth again shine on us
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Let Your holy fear descend
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Upon our nation, have mer - cy, Lord
{Interlude 1}
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{Verse 3}
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Who can stand before Your an - ger?
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Who can face Your piercing eyes?
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For You love the weak and helpless
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And You hear the victims' cries
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Yes, You are a God of jus - tice
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And Your judgement surely comes
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Upon our nation, have mer - cy, Lord
{Interlude 2}
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{Verse 4}
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Who will stand against the vio - lence?
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Who will comfort those who mourn?
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In an age of cruel rejection
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Who will build for love a home?
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Come and shake us into ac - tion
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Come and melt our hearts of stone
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Upon Your people, have mer - cy, Lord
{Verse 5}
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Who can sound the depths of mer - cy
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In the Father heart of God?
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For there is a Man of sorrows
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Who for sinners shed His blood
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He can heal the wounds of na - tions
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He can wash the guilty clean
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Because of Jesus, because of Jesus
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Have mer - cy Lord
{Ending}
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