Our Hope Endures

You would think only so much can go wrong
Calamity only strikes once

And you assume that this one has suffered her share
Life will be kinder from here

Sometimes the sun stays hidden for years
Sometimes the sky rains night after night
When will it clear
But our hope endures the worst of conditions
Its more than our optimism
Let the earth quake
Our hope is unchanged

How do we comprehend peace within pain

Our joy at a good mans wake

Walk a mile with a woman whose body is torn
With illness but she marches on
Sometimes the sun stays hidden for years
Sometimes the sky rains night after night
When will it clear
But our hope endures the worst of conditions
Its more than our optimism
Let the earth quake
Our hope is unchanged

Emanuel, God is with us
El Shaddai, all sufficient
Emanuel, God is with us
El Shaddai, all sufficient
Emanuel, God is with us
El Shaddai, all sufficient
We never walk alone
This is our hope
Our hope endures, the worst of conditions
Its more than our optimism
Let the earth quake
Let the earth quake
Let the earth quake
Our hope is unchanged