(A song of God's inner life)
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	I will speak
	I will wait
	I will send prophets among them
	That they might hear
	That they might see
	And understand how much I love them

	Then they will know that I am Father
	They they will know I am Lord
	They'll walk with Me
	And be My people
	I'll walk with them as their God
	as their God

	I will strike
	I will scourge
	And carry out vengeance upon them
	But I will heal the wounds I make
	And tenderly take them back to me

	Then they will know that I am Father
	They they will know I am Lord
	They'll walk with Me
	And be My people
	I'll walk with them as their God

	This is heaven
	This is salvation
	This is their great hope and Mine

	He will come
	My own Son
	A Word faithful hearts can't help hearing
	And by His death
	With His last breath
	A Father's forgiveness comes flowing

	Then they will know
	That I am Savior
	I am Redeemer and Friend
	Immanuel
	The God who is with them
	The God who gives all He can

	He is salvation
	He is the kingdom
	To know Him is paradise

	Then they will know that I am Father
	They they will know I am Lord
	I am Lord