You would think only so much can go wrong   Calamity only strikes once   And you assume that this one has suffered her share   Life will be kinder from here      Sometimes the sun stays hidden for years   Sometimes the sky rains night after night   When will it clear   But our hope endures the worst of conditions   It's more than our optimism   Let the earth quake   Our hope is unchanged      How do we comprehend peace within pain   Our joy at a good man's wake   Walk a mile with a woman whose body is torn    With illness but she marches on      Sometimes the sun stays hidden for years   Sometimes the sky rains night after night   When will it clear   But our hope endures the worst of conditions   It's more than our optimism   Let the earth quake   Our hope is unchanged      Emanuel, God is with us   El Shaddai, all sufficient   Emanuel, God is with us   El Shaddai, all sufficient   Emanuel, God is with us   El Shaddai, all sufficient      We never walk alone   This is our hope   Our hope endures, the worst of conditions   It's more than our optimism   let the earth quake   let the earth quake   let the earth quake   Our hope is unchanged