This arrangement was written in response to 9/11.
It calls our nation to repentance, so that we can be
"America the Blessed" as well as "America the Beautiful".
Lyrics:
Lord, rain righteousness on America;
Now we understand the terror of Your withdrawn hand.
When we're weighed in the balance of Your holiness,
We're all found wanting in Your eyes.
Lord, rain righteousness on America;
Let her repentance begin in my own heart;
For only then can You begin
To forgive our sin, purify us within,
To be America the Blessed.
[Narration begins]
In Babylon, King Belshazzar invited his officers to a feast.
As the wine flowed freely, he remembered the cups,
taken from the Jewish Temple during the reign of his father, Nebuchadnezzar.
While they drank to their idols of gold and silver,
there suddenly appeared before them
the fingers of a hand, writing on the wall.
Belshazzar trembled with fear and sent for the astrologers,
but none of them could interpret.
Then he sent for God's servant, Daniel.
"You have not humbled your heart, but have defied the Lord of heaven.
You've not glorified the God in whose hand your breath is.
His words are 'mene, tekel, parsin' - and 'tekel' means:
'You are weighed in the balance and are found wanting'."
[Narration ends]
Lord, rain righteousness on America;
Now we understand the terror of Your withdrawn hand.
When we're weighed in the balance of Your holiness,
We're all found wanting in Your eyes.
Lord, rain righteousness on America;
Let her repentance begin in my own heart;
For only then can You begin
To forgive our sin, purify us within,
To be America the Blessed.
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