Our Hope Endures

You would think only so much can go wrong Calamity only strikes once And you a*sume 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 It's more than our optimism Let the earth quake Our hope is unchanged How do we comprehend peace within pain Our joy at a good man's 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 It's 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 It's more than our optimism let the earth quake let the earth quake let the earth quake Our hope is unchanged