Keith and Kristyn Getty – Compassion Hymn (Guitar)

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There is an everlasting kindness

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You lavished on us

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When the Radiance of heaven Came to rescue the lost;

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You called the sheep without a shepherd

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To leave their distress

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For your streams of forgiveness

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And the shade of Your rest.

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And with compassion for the hurting,

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You reached out Your hand

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As the lame ran to meet You

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And the dead breathed again;

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You saw behind the eyes of sorrow

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And shared in our tears,

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Heard the sigh of the weary,

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Let the children draw near.

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What boundless love,

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What fathomless grace

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You have shown us, O God of compassion!

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Each day we live

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An offering of praise

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As we show to the world Your compassion.

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We stood beneath the cross of Calvary

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And gazed on Your face

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At the thorns of oppression

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And the wounds of disgrace,

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For surely You have borne our suffering

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And carried our grief

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As You pardoned the scoffer

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And showed grace to the thief.

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How beautiful the feet that carry

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This gospel of peace

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To the fields of injustice

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And the valleys of need—

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To be a voice of hope and healing,

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To answer the cries

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Of the hungry and helpless

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With the mercy of Christ.