Let Us Rise Up and Build

Let Your ear

Lord

be attentive

And Your eyes open to hear

The prayer of Your servant

Which echoes Your own will.

Even when the king approached me

I turned to You in prayer.

I answered in Your wisdom;

Now I will go and build.

Let us rise up and build

And strengthen our hands for the work.

The God of heaven Himself will make us prosper.

Lord

we have set our will

We will enter in Your work.

All the walls are crushed and broken

And the gates once burned with fire

But we will not be discouraged

Our spirits never tire.

Let the enemy oppose us;

We will fight and build our part.

To God this is our memorial;

Remember

Lord

my heart!

Now the walls are high and mighty;

All our foes

they shake in fear.

The people return and they gather

God’s Holy Word to hear.

We may mourn and weep in sorrow

But our God wants us to feast.

Come in

eat the fat

drink the sweet wine!

O Lord

we’re blessing Thee!