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

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

Chorus
I’ve got a new song
A new song of praise in me (x2)
For my God is a God of deliverance
Seen me through trouble and trial
I’ve got a new song
A new song of praise in me

Verse 1
I patiently waited
Your mercy my plea
You showed Yourself faithful
And loyal to me

Prechorus 1
Though evil has surrounded me
My sins have taken hold
You are my help and advocate
My enemies will fold

Verse 2
You have preserved me
With kindness and love
Many and wondrous
Are Your thoughts of us

Prechorus 2
You pulled me from the deadly pit
You silenced mouths that mock
You turned toward me and heard my cry
Then set my feet on rock

Verse 1
The depths of our losses lie deeper than the floor of the sea
Our tears have no meaning to the profit-making machine
The ones placed above us look away in apathy
God will you free us? Misery is now our routine

Chorus 1
Will You come and overthrow our enemies
How long will this suffering repeat and repeat
Will You come and lift our heads in victory
Bring down our oppressors
Making them a footstool under our feet

Verse 2
We’re sickened and tired that lives are treated with no regard
The weak at the hands of the powerful to use and discard
Shatter the idols of affluence and selfish gain
Pour out your justice, and put an end to all of this pain

Bridge
At your right hand we will reign with you
All the earth will be restored, renewed

Chorus 2
You will come and overthrow our enemies
No more will this suffering repeat and repeat
You will come and lift our heads in victory
Tag
Bring down our oppressors (x3)
Making them a footstool under our feet

Verse 1
O God, you’ve searched me and known me
You know when I sit and rise
You know my thoughts and all my ways
You know the words that I’ll say

Verse 2
Where shall I go from Your Spirit
Where shall I flee from you
You’re there if I ascend to heav’n
You’re there if I’m in the depths

Pre-Chorus
If darkness should cover me
And light becomes my night
Darkness isn’t dark to You
Darkness is as light

Chorus
You knit me in my mother’s womb
My frame was not hidden from you
All of my days you have ordained
Hallelujah I am fearfully made

You knit me in my mother’s womb
My frame was not hidden from you
All of my days you have ordained
Hallelujah I am fearfully and wonderfully made

Bridge
Your works are wonderful
My soul knows my soul knows

Verse 3
Search me O God and know me
Test me, know my anxious thoughts
See if there be any wicked way in me
And lead me forevermore

Trust and endure
Trust and endure
All you heavy-laden
Wondering how long?
Wondering how long?
And there is no end in sight

Worry and fear
Anguish and tears
Don’t know how to go on
God-with-us sees you
Sees you and hears your cry

Trust and endure
Trust and endure
In the aching, longing
Wait and take heart
Wait and take heart
When you’ve done all you can do

Daylight will come
Daylight will come
O trust that God will act
Bringing forth justice
Justice and righteousness

Be still, be still
Patiently wait
Be still, be still
Patiently wait
Those who wait will see God’s hand

Trust and endure (x4)

Verse 1
You are my Shepherd
You are my Shepherd
I shall not want, shall not want

You lead me forward
Providing for me
I have no reason to fear

Chorus
Though I journey through the valley
Of the shadow of death
You are with me
Offering comfort

In the presence of my enemies
Your blessing unfolds
You anoint me
You restore me

Verse 2
Your lovingkindness
Your lovingkindness
Shall follow me all my days

My cup runs over
My cup runs over
And I shall dwell in your house
Forever, amen.

God make me an instrument of peace
Not a peacekeeper but a bold maker of peace
in the midst of the strife
God give me the courage to speak
With my words and with my life
To uplift the least of these
God make me an instrument of peace

Let me sow love where there is hatred
And faith where there is doubt
Let me sow hope among the hopeless
And where there’s sadness, joy

Well Pleased
You Are Not Your Own *
Psalm 139
What Does the Lord Require
May We Rest
Remain in Your Love

*Listeners should note that the 2nd track “You Are Not Your Own” references 1 Cor 6:19 and was written before the rise of the #MeToo movement. Of course it was not intentional, but in today’s culture, the lyrics could be triggering for victims of abuse.