Andrew Peterson, Derek Webb - Deliver Us (2004) lyrics
[Andrew Peterson, Derek Webb - Deliver Us 2004 lyrics]
Our enemy
Our captor is no pharaoh on the Nile
Our toil is neither mud nor brick nor sand
Our ankles bear no calluses
From chains, yet Lord, we're bound
Imprisoned here, we dwell in our own land
Deliver us, deliver us
Oh Yahweh, hear our cry
And gather us beneath your wings tonight
Our sins they are more numerous than
All the lambs we slay
Our shackles they were made
With our own hands
Our toil is our atonement and
Our freedom yours to give
So Yahweh, break this silence if you can
'Jerusalem, Jerusalem
How often I have longed
To gather you beneath my gentle wings'
Our captor is no pharaoh on the Nile
Our toil is neither mud nor brick nor sand
Our ankles bear no calluses
From chains, yet Lord, we're bound
Imprisoned here, we dwell in our own land
Deliver us, deliver us
Oh Yahweh, hear our cry
And gather us beneath your wings tonight
Our sins they are more numerous than
All the lambs we slay
Our shackles they were made
With our own hands
Our toil is our atonement and
Our freedom yours to give
So Yahweh, break this silence if you can
'Jerusalem, Jerusalem
How often I have longed
To gather you beneath my gentle wings'
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