Текст песни: Strangers + перевод

«I am a poor, wayfaring stranger, wandering o’er this world of woe.

And there’s no

Sickness, toil or danger in that bright land to which I go.»

And when he brings me to that celestial home

All the pain and the grief and the tears I used to know

Will dissipate like smoke

And I will finally be whole:

No sickness within, praise the Lord. No danger without, praise the Lord.

No death and

No fear and no doubt, praise the Lord!

And someday, someday. This will all be over. And my flesh will never stand

between

Me and my Savior. And my heart will never scheme to wound a beloved brother.

And my

Hands will only ever be lifted in praise to God my Lover

But what about now?!

I know this world is passing

But if there is no hope for the temporal

I’d rather just die

For my eyes are tired of watching the

Wicked rejoice

Wearing violence as a coat

And pride as a necklace

Their mouths lash out against heaven

But you seem to ignore their blasphemies

As you do my prayers

My bowels have been bleeding for years!

The aroma of death rises from my waste

And there is no stench like decaying faith

What about now?

Seeking a homeland I am

But the homeland I have

Keeps chewing me up

And spitting me out

And leaving me as good as dead

Broken heart and broken plans

God, I’m not trying to be an idolater

I want to be a like the righteous man

Who fears the Lord and loves his commands

But it seems like no matter how patient I am

My cries go unanswered

Do you even hear me?

«If you have raced with men on

Foot and they have worn you out

How can you compete with horses?

If you stumble in safe country

How will you manage in the thickets

By the Jordan?»

That was the Lord’s response to

Jeremiah when he

He found himself too tired to endure

But he did

Leaving stallions in the dust

And when our calling seems

Too much to bear may we remember

Those who ran before us

Countless servants accomplished

Feats well beyond their

Capability. For when they were weak

They believed

What more can I say?

If I had the faith of Joshua

I’d pause the sun in the sky

Only then would I have

The time it takes to tell

Of all the prophets

Those who by faith

Conquered kingdoms

Administered justice

Gained what was promised

They shut the mouths of lions

And walked through fire unscorched

Others were tortured, beat, imprisoned

Stoned, sawed in two, destitute and

Persecuted for truth

Those of whom the world was not worthy!

And in the company of those great saints

That went before me

Here… I…stand

Broken dreams and filthy hands

Counting sins like grains of sand

And sinking further down

Than I’ve ever been

Losing faith

Cause it feels like all I ever do is go astray

But He took my sin to the grave, praise the Lord

He died so I could be saved, praise the Lord

He took my sadness, my sickness, my pain, praise the Lord!

And someday, someday. This will all be over. And my flesh will never stop me

from

Praising Him evermore. And my heart will swell only to the sound of the voice

of my

Lord. And my hands will take His quietly as He leads me through the door.

And the

Victory is won and I see what He suffered for

What we suffered for

The servant who overcomes shall

Receive his reward

One day we will eat from the tree

Of life in the paradise of God

Untouched by the sting of second

Death

One day we will consume the hidden manna

And holdfast to a stone bearing

Our new name

One day we will be given authority

Over the nations. Robed in white

Our names will remain in the

Book of life for all ages

And Christ himself will

Acknowledge our faithfulness

Before the Father and his angels

One day we will be made a

Pillar, in the temple of God

Never to be removed

One day

One glorious day

One day coming soon

The Lord will grant

Us the right to sit

With him, on the throne

But today

I’m just a poor…

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