Call it a judgment ye who will,Call it a scourge to punish Man;Name it a curse that Man must kill,And suffer God’s eternal ban.Call it a scourge, a blasting breath,Borne on the wings of pain and death.So may it be and ye who thinkThe Lord’s avenging hand is nigh,As ye draw near the Silent Brink,Pray to the Lord who reigns on high.All ye who use and fear the sword,Fall on thy knees and pray the Lord.‘God! Grant the anguish and the blood,The corpses and the countless biers,The pain, the misery, the flood,Of broken hearts and mothers’ tearsMay wash away the damning stain,And cleanse from us the brand of Cain.‘O God Almighty, Lord of All,Have mercy on Thy people’s stress;Hark to Thy people’s pleading call,Who look to Thee to guide and bless.Have mercy on us, we who live;And for our dead ... we pray, forgive.’
Call it a judgment ye who will,Call it a scourge to punish Man;Name it a curse that Man must kill,And suffer God’s eternal ban.Call it a scourge, a blasting breath,Borne on the wings of pain and death.So may it be and ye who thinkThe Lord’s avenging hand is nigh,As ye draw near the Silent Brink,Pray to the Lord who reigns on high.All ye who use and fear the sword,Fall on thy knees and pray the Lord.‘God! Grant the anguish and the blood,The corpses and the countless biers,The pain, the misery, the flood,Of broken hearts and mothers’ tearsMay wash away the damning stain,And cleanse from us the brand of Cain.‘O God Almighty, Lord of All,Have mercy on Thy people’s stress;Hark to Thy people’s pleading call,Who look to Thee to guide and bless.Have mercy on us, we who live;And for our dead ... we pray, forgive.’
Call it a judgment ye who will,Call it a scourge to punish Man;Name it a curse that Man must kill,And suffer God’s eternal ban.Call it a scourge, a blasting breath,Borne on the wings of pain and death.So may it be and ye who thinkThe Lord’s avenging hand is nigh,As ye draw near the Silent Brink,Pray to the Lord who reigns on high.All ye who use and fear the sword,Fall on thy knees and pray the Lord.‘God! Grant the anguish and the blood,The corpses and the countless biers,The pain, the misery, the flood,Of broken hearts and mothers’ tearsMay wash away the damning stain,And cleanse from us the brand of Cain.‘O God Almighty, Lord of All,Have mercy on Thy people’s stress;Hark to Thy people’s pleading call,Who look to Thee to guide and bless.Have mercy on us, we who live;And for our dead ... we pray, forgive.’
Call it a judgment ye who will,Call it a scourge to punish Man;Name it a curse that Man must kill,And suffer God’s eternal ban.Call it a scourge, a blasting breath,Borne on the wings of pain and death.
Call it a judgment ye who will,
Call it a scourge to punish Man;
Name it a curse that Man must kill,
And suffer God’s eternal ban.
Call it a scourge, a blasting breath,
Borne on the wings of pain and death.
So may it be and ye who thinkThe Lord’s avenging hand is nigh,As ye draw near the Silent Brink,Pray to the Lord who reigns on high.All ye who use and fear the sword,Fall on thy knees and pray the Lord.
So may it be and ye who think
The Lord’s avenging hand is nigh,
As ye draw near the Silent Brink,
Pray to the Lord who reigns on high.
All ye who use and fear the sword,
Fall on thy knees and pray the Lord.
‘God! Grant the anguish and the blood,The corpses and the countless biers,The pain, the misery, the flood,Of broken hearts and mothers’ tearsMay wash away the damning stain,And cleanse from us the brand of Cain.
‘God! Grant the anguish and the blood,
The corpses and the countless biers,
The pain, the misery, the flood,
Of broken hearts and mothers’ tears
May wash away the damning stain,
And cleanse from us the brand of Cain.
‘O God Almighty, Lord of All,Have mercy on Thy people’s stress;Hark to Thy people’s pleading call,Who look to Thee to guide and bless.Have mercy on us, we who live;And for our dead ... we pray, forgive.’
‘O God Almighty, Lord of All,
Have mercy on Thy people’s stress;
Hark to Thy people’s pleading call,
Who look to Thee to guide and bless.
Have mercy on us, we who live;
And for our dead ... we pray, forgive.’