Sterling Brown: Samples

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Father to the Fatherless
© 1998 Sterling Brown

I have cried, and you have run to my side
You have tasted the salt in every tear
You set my mind at ease, just knowing that you’re near
(Chorus)
You are father to the fatherless
You are peace to my unrest
You are father to the fatherless
You are peace

I have strayed, but you called out my name
When I had not the strength to make it on my own
You let me hear your voice calling me home
(chorus)

I know you’re full of mercy but I
Don’t want to let you down
So I pray let me never be
The one to place the crown again
Upon your wounded head

You have bled, and I was in my stead
How could the very life of God
Be poured out for a man?
How could I feel your gentle touch
In the middle of my sin
But now my heart cries “Abba”
You have become my God
And in the arms of no other
Will I be sastisfied