Around the same time as “This Desperate Prisoner” was written, this song came to me. I think it precedes Desperate Prisoner, and carries the same desperate cry.
Why do You hide Your face, and forget our affliction, our oppression?
Our soul is bowed down to the dust, and so we cling to the ground, arise for our help,
And redeem us for Your mercy’s sake, for Your mercies sake!
Chorus: Arise our God, hear Your people cry! (2x)
As the purifying fire consumes all the stubble and ambition,
Our heart will not turn back, for we have chosen the flame, the Cross and Your Name,
so redeem us for your mercies’ sake, for Your mercies sake!
Chorus: Arise our God, hear Your people cry! (2x)
