Where Were You // A song about suffering, inspired by the book of Job.
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- On this Good Friday, we remember that God came to earth, came down to the dirt, walked with us, and died for us. God is good. Jesus will reign forever. The book of Job is a powerful story of how God knelt to speak to us in the midst of our pain. God is present in your pain.
Song Info:
Where Were You
Performed by Ghost Ship
Written by Cam Huxford IV and Brian Eichelberger
Lyrics:
I said, God, I do not understand this world
Everything is dying and broken
Why do I see nothing but suffering
God, I'm asking, could this be your plan
Sin has taken hold of this whole land
Will You not say anything else to me
He said, where were you the day that I measured
Sunk the banks and stretched the line over
All the earth and carved out its cornerstone
Where were you the day that I spoke and
Told the sun to split the night open
Called the morning dawn with its light to show
Who shut in the ocean with stone doors
Marked the reach of tides on those new shores
Hung the day the waves rose and first broke forth
Have you seen the springs of that great sea
Walked the caverns carved in the black deep
Through the gates of darkness there on its floor
Have you seen the armory I hold
Snow and hail are stacked up in silos
For the times of trouble and war and strife
Can you raise your voice to the storm cloud
Would the thunder answer and ring out
Does the lightning ask you where it should strike
Who has cleft the channels for torrents
Rain to sprout the desert with forest
In the wilderness that my hand has filled
Can you hunt the prey for young lions
Can you use the chords of Orion
Is this whole world bending beneath your will
I spoke of things I did not understand
Things too wonderful for me
Although I had no right to ask
My God knelt and answered me
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Official lyric video
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"My God knelt and answered me." Says it all.
Chills on the last 2 verses
EVERY
SINGLE
TIME
I listen to this hymn.
When I get a little too big for my britches (ugh....disdaining the "stupid people" instead of agreeing how stupid we all are including me) Job 38-42 cures me right away of that!!! All I have to do is kneel with Job and listen ... this song reminds me that is the place to go. And what a beautiful, amazing picture at the end. I didn't have a dad like that. But now my Father -- our Father -- IS that and so much more!
I recently lost my friend, a child of God as well, to suicide and began to doubt my faith. I’ve been working to reclaim it and this song helps.
This song has aided me in some difficult times over the past decade. I know Mars Hill was messy at times. But isn’t it just like God to use a mess to bring together a masterpiece. This is one of them.
That really means a lot. I’m so glad the song has been helpful. This passage of scripture continues to help me in hard times. Thank you for the encouraging message.
Can you wait i am charging my mobile you get some food i also get some food my darling
I think this was one of, if not the first l ghost ship songs I listened to. Every time it finds me again, it builds upon what it meant to me before.
For anyone reading this there isn't a day you have not been seen the Lord Jesus keeps all your tears in a bottle he will never leave you or forsake you he hears every prayer he loves you run to him I declare Psalm 23 over every area of your life
This is beautiful 🥹❤️ same to you
This is truly a wondrously beautiful song and well-crafted music video. When this first came on my Apple Music, it spoke quite sincerely to me and inspired me to read more in the Book of Job. God's response to Job is incredibly powerful and yet written very poetically. This song captures (at least what is humanly possible to capture) some of that power and poetry. The feeling of awe, the need to be humbled (and to have humility), and the strength of the melody go together really well. I must have listened to this song dozens of times in the past week or two. I hope to hear more of your music, but this song was my introduction. I pray for God to bless you and your artistry and to continue with the fruits that God has allowed you to produce.
The Providential Love of the Lord Almighty.
Praise be to His Glory forever and ever.
Praying for you Cam and the entire family of Christ.
Thank you for that! God bless.
Absolutely one of my favorite songs from you guys, if not my favorite. I get stunned every time I listen to it.
Thank you for listening. That means a lot. After all this time, I'm still blown away by this passage in Job.
How great our God! So vast down to every minute detail. We are so small in comparison yet God says we are worth it. We sometimes feel that we are not heard but we are. Thank you for this beautiful song and reminder. ❤❤❤
Amen to that. Thank you for listening.
Dang this passage never gets old! love how it's captured in this song 🙌 Praise God!
Thank you! I feel the same about this passage.
Thank you much for this! It's one of my favorite passages of scripture!
Same for me! Thanks for listening.
Beautiful
Thank you
Hey thank you for listening. God bless.
Such a beautiful song🥹🙏👑💯
I remember listening to this song when back when it was new fairly new. Definitely my favorite from you guys. A decade really does fly by!
So crazy. 10 years! Thanks for being on the journey with us.
I absolutely love this song...
Thank you. That means a ton to us.
Such a beautiful song capturing the exchange (if we can call it that) between YHWH and Job. Thank you for making it. God's using it to get me through this season.
I am so glad to hear it's helpful. Thanks for this note.
Absolutely Remarkable humbled remain small in the Big pictures of Emanuel Almighty s hand.
Amen!
Have loved this song since I found it a few years ago!!! Would LOVE to get you on the show!!!!
Such a beautiful song❤
Thank you!! 🙌
Beautiful song
Thank you!
I’m an atheist
but good song tho
Hey thanks is for listening. I appreciate the comment.