[Opening – bare, declarative] I stand with Israel— And I stand to remind her Of the words that made her a people. [Verse 1 – covenant stated plainly] “If you walk in My statutes, If you keep My commandments and do them, I will give you peace in the land, And none shall make you afraid.” I stand with Israel In that promise— Not beyond it, Not apart from it. [Turn – immediate] So I stand to remind her: Peace was never promised to strength alone, Nor safety to power, But to obedience. [Chorus – covenant hinge] I stand with Israel Only where God has stood: In righteousness, In mercy, In the way that gives life. I stand to remind her— No nation stands against God And survives the distance. [Verse 2 – warning, spoken without heat] “But if you will not listen, If you reject My statutes, If you despise My ordinances, Then terror shall be set over you, And sorrow shall answer your pride.” These are not my words. They were written before we were born. I stand to remind her They were written for a reason. [Pre-Chorus – human plea] Not to destroy, But to turn. Not to shame, But to heal. [Verse 3 – the stranger] “When a foreigner livs among you in your land, You shall not wrong him. You shall love him as yourself, For you too were foreigners once.” I stand with Israel At that line. I stand to remind her That her history is founded in a command. [Bridge – sick-bed metaphor] I stand at her bedside, Not as an enemy, Not as a judge, But as one who cannot sleep While she suffers under a forgotten covenant. I whisper the words again, Because forgetting them is death. [Final Chorus – unified, restrained] I stand with Israel— In the path that leads to peace. I stand to remind her That peace has a shape, And a cost, And a name. [Outro – quiet, personal] Let me stand with Israel. For I cannot bear the thought Of standing against her— But I cannot stand against the God Who made her stand at all.
