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[Verse 1]
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Who can sound the depths of sorrow in the father heart of God,
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For the children we've rejected, for the lives so deeply scarred?
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And each light that we've extinguished has brought darkness to our land:
Edim     G            Dsus   G
Upon our nation, have mercy, Lord

[Verse 2]
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We have scorned the truth You gave us, we have bowed to other lords,
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We have sacrificed the children on the altars of our gods.
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O let the truth again shine on us let Your holy fear de - scend:
Edim     G            Dsus   G     C   G
Upon our nation, have mercy, Lord

[Verse 3]
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Who can stand before Your anger; who can face Your piercing eyes?
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For You love the weak and helpless, and You hear the victims cries.
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Yes, You are a God of justice, and Your judgement surely comes:
Edim     G            Dsus   G     
Upon our nation, have mercy, Lord

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[Verse 4]
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Who will stand against the violence? Who will comfort those who mourn?
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In an age of cruel rejection, who will build for love a home?
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Come and shake us into action, come and melt our hearts of stone:
Edim      G            Dsus   G
Upon Your people, have mercy, Lord

[Verse 5]
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Who can sound the depths of mercy in the father heart of God?
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For there is a Man of Sorrows who for sinners shed his blood.
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He can heal the wounds of nations, He can wash the guilty clean:
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Because of Jesus, have mercy, Lord
F#dim      A           Esus   A
Because of Jesus, have mercy, Lord