You would think only so much can go wrong

Calamity only strikes once

And you assume this one has suffered her share

Life will be kinder from here

Oh, but 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?

Or joy at a good man's wake?

Walk a mile with the woman whose body is torn

With illness but she marches on

Oh, 'cause 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

Emmanuel, god is with us

El shaddai, all sufficient

We never walk alone

And this is our hope

But our hope endures the worst of conditions

It's more than our optimism

Let the earth quake

Our hope is unchanged