Who Will Hear the Fatherless?

[Intro - Steady acoustic rhythm; steel answers] [Verse 1 - Bubba, male solo] God has stood among the mighty, In the council judgment speaks: How long will you favor evil, Turn your faces from the weak? Give the fatherless their hearing, Give the poor a righteous cause; Free the needy from the wicked, Do not twist the weight of laws. [Chorus - Duet] Who will hear the fatherless? Who will stand beside the poor? God has heard the crooked judgment, He will settle every score. Rise, O God, and judge the nations, All the earth belongs to You; Let the weak find their defender, Let the mighty answer truth. [Verse 2 - Darlene, female solo] They have neither sense nor knowing, They go walking in the dark; All the earth's foundations tremble At the wrong within their hearts. Though the council bears high titles, Called the sons of God Most High, Still like mortal men they perish, Still like princes fall and die. [Instrumental Break - Pedal steel and gospel piano] [Bridge - Darlene, female solo] Not a title keeps a ruler From the judgment of Your hand; You inherit every nation, You will judge in every land. [Final Chorus - Duet and harmonies] Who will hear the fatherless? Who will stand beside the poor? God has heard the crooked judgment, He will settle every score. Rise, O God, and judge the nations, All the earth belongs to You; Let the weak find their defender, Let the mighty answer truth. [Outro - Duet] Rise, O God, and judge the earth; All the nations shall be Yours.