“God Who Sees Us” is a song of lament that I wrote during the pandemic in response to the rise of anti-Asian hate and the Atlanta spa shootings of March 2021. The lyrics were inspired by the story of Hagar (in Genesis 16),  a deeply oppressed woman and foreigner, forgotten by her world, yet seen and cared for by God. The original recording of the song (video above) included the erhu, my great-grandfather’s instrument, as a tribute to my Taiwanese roots.

The live acoustic recording of the song has a simple, stripped-down arrangement.

The Mandarin Chinese recording of the song is an acoustic version with erhu.

Stream/download the song (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, etc.) at the links below:

• Original Version
• Live Acoustic Version
• Mandarin Chinese Version

Purchase “God Who Sees Us” sheet music at this link.

For sound recording/video usage permissions, instrumental backing tracks, etc. please email glofanmusic@gmail.com.

Lyrics reproduced below by permission of GIA Publications, Inc. Any further reproduction requires permission from the publisher. Congregational reprint usage may be reported to ONE LICENSE or CCLI.

“God Who Sees Us”
Words & Music by Gloria Fanchiang
© 2023 GIA Publications, Inc.
CCLI #7175456

Verse 1:
We have been forgotten and abandoned
Cast aside, erased, and counted out
Centuries of hatred and exclusion
Stories lost and rarely talked about

Pre-chorus 1:
Yet the poorest are Your chosen
Your favored are the least
You are nearest to the outcast
They are the ones You seek

Chorus 1:
You are the God who sees us
You are the God who hears
You know we long for justice
You witness all our tears
Though the world ignores our pain
Our cries to You are not in vain
You see us, God
You see us and You hear

Verse 2:
God, You know the pain of losing family
Jesus, You are weeping with us now
As we face oppression, blame and violence
You’re drawing near to comfort, hear us out

Pre-chorus 2:
You revealed Yourself to Hagar
A foreign girl enslaved
In her time of desperation
You met her on the way

Chorus 1:
You are the God who sees us
You are the God who hears
You know we long for justice
You witness all our tears
Though the world ignores our pain
Our cries to You are not in vain
You see us, God
You see us and You hear

Bridge:
You see Yourself within us
You see us with delight
Your precious, holy children
Heirs of the Most High

You see Your own reflection
The very face of God
In Your beautiful creation
A work inspiring awe

Chorus 2:
You are the God who sees us
You are the God who hears
You promise us a new day
When there are no more tears
Though we struggle now in pain
You will redeem all hurt and shame
You see us and You strengthen us
You see us and You empower us
You see us God, El Roi
And You hear

 

“看顧我的神”
詞、曲 : 范姜士昀 Gloria Fanchiang
中文譯詞 : 區美賢 Priscilla Li
© 2023 GIA Publications, Inc. 版權所有. All rights reserved.
CCLI #7175456

Verse 1
人群中被遺忘，遭受厭棄，
受冷待、漠視、淘汰消逝。
幾百年的仇恨，蓄意排擠，
消失的故事，有誰關心？

Pre-chorus 1
祢卻揀選貧困的人，
祢喜悅卑微人，
祢常親近被棄子民，
尋找、施恩憐憫。

Chorus 1
祢是我神，看顧我，
祢必傾聽禱告，
祢知我渴望公義，
祢擦掉我眼淚。
世界忽略我痛苦，
向祢呼求 必蒙應允。
祢是我神，
看顧我，聽我求。

Verse 2
神知道失去家庭多痛苦，
主耶穌與我一起哭泣。
當我面對壓迫、責備、強暴，
祢靠近我、安慰、聽我禱告。

Pre-chorus 2
夏甲得親見祢顯現，
外邦女子為奴，
在她孤苦無助一刻，
與祢路上相遇。

Chorus 1
祢是我神，看顧我，
祢必傾聽禱告，
祢知我渴望公義，
祢擦掉我眼淚。
世界忽略我痛苦，
向祢呼求 必蒙應允。
祢是我神，
看顧我，聽我求。

Bridge
在我裡面彰顯神，
祢喜悅看顧我，
愛惜祢聖潔子民，
至高者苗裔，

讓我反映祢形像，
祢聖潔的面容。
一切美麗皆祢創造，
我今讚頌謝恩。

Chorus 2
祢是我神，看顧我，
祢必傾聽禱告，
祢應許賜新一天，
不再悲傷流淚，
此刻雖痛苦掙扎，
除我羞恥，醫我傷痛，
祢看顧我， 賜我力量，
祢看顧我，使我剛強。
祢看顧我，我神，
聽我求。