911
i trembled today at your wrath, Oh Lord.
i watched in fear and disbelief
As our towers came crashing down.
Why do we sit here calling for justice,
Calling to You now in our dark hour,
But whom did we put our trust in before?
we trusted our wealth and our stealth,
our power and might. we exalted ourselves.
Now You've brought low our idols.
i hear Your voice crying in the Scriptures
"Let your money and your armies save you!"
And i weep as i watch the news
my people still are placing their trust in those things
But they cannot save us, only You.
Your justice is sure and swift,
Mighty is Your hand Oh Lord
we forbid your name be spoken
we called good every sort of sin.
When we bothered to come to you, it was with a laundry list
Of wants--and complaints when You broke our toys.
we replaced You, Lord, with empty traditions and ceremonies
we were too busy with our programs to seek You in the Holy Place.
we were indignant when you interrupted our services in Your House.
we loved our ways over Yours.
we give our inheritance to a pretender, calling them by our name,
Not only allowing another to claim our blessing, but praying
On his behalf!
And what do we do in these hours?
we demand you come down and revenge our towers!
Oh surely the Lord is on our side
Oh surely he will take vengeance on those who knocked down
our high places.
fools! Should our Jealous God aid us in our idolatry?
Can we expect his blessing when we have abandoned Him,
Trading the Truth for a lie?