O God, Our Words Cannot Express

(Tune: ST. ANNE CM "O God, Our Help in Ages Past")

                   O God, our words cannot express
                   The pain we feel this day.
                   Enraged, uncertain, we confess
                   Our need to bow and pray.

                   We grieve for all who lost their lives...
                   And for each injured one.
                   We pray for children, husbands, wives
                   Whose grief has just begun.

                   O Lord, we're called to offer prayer
                   For all our leaders, too.
                   May they, amid such great despair,
                   Be wise in all they do.

                   We trust your mercy and your grace;
                   In you we will not fear!
                   May peace and justice now embrace!
                   Be with your people here!

Tune: Attr. William Croft, 1708.  Tune is in public domain.
Text: Copyright © 2001 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette.
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Carolyn Winfrey Gillette is the co-pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Pitman, NJ and author of Gifts of Love:  New Hymns for Today's Worship (Geneva Press, 2000).