[Intro – Quiet Rain, Weeping Slide Guitar, Lonely Harmonica] [Bubba – Spoken] Psalm number ten. There's a hard question in this one. When the helpless are hurting, and the proud keep getting away with it... Lord, where are You? [Verse 1 – Bubba] Lord, don't stand so far away, When the night won't turn to day. There's a mother at the window, There's a child afraid to sleep. And the man who took their bread Walks the street with polished feet. I can't make sense of what I see; Lord, hear their cry through me. [Pre-Chorus – Darlene] Somebody's hurting in the shadows, Somebody's calling out Your name. And the ones who ought to answer Turn and walk away. [Chorus – Both] Lord, don't stand so far away, Don't let the proud have the final say. When the little ones are crying And the mighty look away, Rise up, Lord, lift Your hand, Let Your justice fill this land. You see the tears we cannot hide; Lord, don't stand so far away. [Verse 2 – Bubba] That proud man says he'll never fall, Says there's no Judge above us all. With a honey-coated promise And a curse beneath his breath, He sets a trap beside the road Where the poor are walking next. Like a lion hiding in the grass, He thinks no reckoning will pass. [Darlene – Response] He says, "God has forgotten." But the Lord sees what is done. [Verse 3 – Darlene] There's a mother holding on, There's a fatherless child alone. There are hearts bent low by sorrow, There are names nobody knows. But You see the weight they're carrying, Every cruel and hidden blow. And the helpless put their hope in You, The One who knows their grief is true. [Chorus – Both] Lord, don't stand so far away, Don't let the proud have the final say. When the little ones are crying And the mighty look away, Rise up, Lord, lift Your hand, Let Your justice fill this land. You see the tears we cannot hide; Lord, don't stand so far away. [Instrumental – Crying Slide Guitar, Hohner Comet Harmonica] [Darlene's Low Tenor Sax Answers, Piano Holds the Pulse] [Bridge – Half-Time Prayer, Hammond Organ] [Bubba] Arise, O Lord, remember those The world has pushed aside. Call the one who harms to answer, Break oppression's grip of pride. [Darlene] Strengthen every weary heart, Bend Your ear toward every plea. [Bubba] Be the helper of the fatherless. [Darlene] Let the frightened walk free. [Both] The Lord is King forever! No tyrant holds His throne. Let the helpless find their justice; Let no tyrant rule by fear. [Final Chorus – Restrained Gospel Lift] Lord, You see the wrong tonight; You see the wrong and know what's right. You have heard the humble longing, You can strengthen hearts tonight. Rise up, Lord, lift Your hand, Let Your justice fill this land. The poor are not forgotten here; Your kingdom has no end. [Outro – Piano, Soft Female Harmony, Harmonica] [Bubba – Spoken] Psalm ten doesn't pretend that the world is fair. It asks God to see. And it ends remembering: He does. [Darlene – Softly Sung] Hear the fatherless. Hear the oppressed. [Both] Lord, let them live without fear. Amen.
