How long O LORD, how long?
How long will your own children ask you this?
How long will we all wait, and call your name
How long will we see siblings torn
By other siblings while we mourn?
How long O LORD, how long?
How long will brothers, sisters mock themselves
How long will we fear strangers from strange lands
How long will we play judge of those
Whose differences are in their clothes?
How long O LORD how long?
How long will people clamour in your name
How long will we see Earth obstructing Heav'n
How long will we think of the line
Instead of seeking the divine.
