Our Hope Endures

You would think only so much can go wrong
 Calamity only strikes once
 And you assume that this one has suffered her share
 Life will be kinder from here
 Oh, but sometimes the sun stays hidden for years
 Sometimes the sky rains night after night
 When will it clear?
 But our hope endures the worst of conditions
 It's more than our optimism
 Let the earth quake, our hope is unchanged
 How do we comprehend peace within pain
 Or joy at a good man? s wake?
 Walk a mile with a woman whose body is torn
 With illness, but she marches on
 Oh, 'cause sometimes the sun stays hidden for years
 Sometimes the sky rains night after night
 When will it clear?
 But our hope endures the worst of conditions
 It's more than our optimism
 Let the earth quake, our hope is unchanged
 Emanuel, God is with us
 El Shaddai, all sufficient
 Emanuel, God is with us
 El Shaddai, all sufficient
 Emanuel, God is with us
 El Shaddai, all sufficient
 We never walk alone
 And this is our hope
 Our hope endures the worst of conditions
 It's more than our optimism
 Let the earth quake, let the earth quake
 Let the earth quake, our hope is unchanged