RESPONSE:
Blessed the people
the Lord has chosen
to be his own.
CONGREGATION:
Blessed the people
the Lord has chosen
to be his own.
VERSE 1:
Exult, you just, in the LORD;
praise from the upright is fitting.
Blessed the nation
whose God is the LORD,
the people he has chosen
for his own inheritance.
CONGREGATION:
Blessed the people
the Lord has chosen
to be his own.
VERSE 2:
See, the eyes of the LORD
are upon those who fear him,
upon those who hope for his kindness,
To deliver them from death
and preserve them in spite of famine.
CONGREGATION:
Blessed the people
the Lord has chosen
to be his own.
VERSE 3:
Our soul waits for the LORD,
who is our help and our shield.
May your kindness, O LORD, be upon us
who have put our hope in you.
CONGREGATION:
Blessed the people
the Lord has chosen
to be his own.
REFRAIN 1:
Bread of heaven, Savior broken,
cup of life outpoured;
we your people thirst and hunger.
Come renew us, LORD;
come renew us, LORD.
VERSE 1:
From the mountain, blessing spoken
where we came to pray;
with the simple truth before us:
love them in my name;
love them in my name.
REFRAIN 2:
Bread of heaven, Savior broken,
cup of life outpoured;
we your people thirst and hunger.
Come renew us, LORD;
come renew us, LORD.
VERSE 2:
From the garden dark with sorrow,
from the tears you wept,
bloomed the flower of salvation:
new life born of death,
new life born of death.
REFRAIN 3:
Bread of heaven, Savior broken,
cup of life outpoured;
we your people thirst and hunger.
Come renew us, LORD;
come renew us, LORD.
BRIDGE:
From the hill where love was lifted
on the heavy wood,
flow the blood and streams of mercy
where your Mother stood,
where your Mother stood.
INTERLUDE:
VERSE 3:
From the tomb that could not hold you
in the dark of night,
broke the morning of redemption,
raising us to life, raising us to life.
REFRAIN 4:
Bread of heaven, Savior broken,
cup of life outpoured;
we your people thirst and hunger.
Come renew us, LORD;
come renew us, LORD.
CODA:
Come renew us, LORD.