Savior

Out of the depths did we cry out to you
Out of the depths did you answer us
What cure for our hopelessness but endless hope
What help for our sin but innocence
Love made the way, straight through the desert
Laid down the gift in a manger
Out of the depths did we cry out to you
And you gave to us a Savior

Oh come, come Emmanuel
Ransom us, your people, Israel

Every shadow cowered in fear
All that was darkness receded
Light from light covered us; we could not hide
Vision was all we had needed
No longer slaves to dust and ashes
Now we had seen something greater
Every shadow erased by the star
And the coming of a Savior

Oh come, come Emmanuel
Ransom us, your people, Israel
Oh come, come Emmanuel
Come and set us free, your people, Israel

Out of the depths and the aching of time
Two thousand years was so long ago
How we lose heart, how dim seems the light
Longing for heaven on earth below
Sweet lamb of God, gently remind us
In every terror and danger
Who was, and is, and is still to come
Who will ever be our Savior
For unto us a child has come
And He will ever be our Savior