[Verse 1] Moses is gone; the river remains. Rise with the people and cross it. From wilderness south to the Lebanon ridge, The ground underfoot is the promise. Keep every word moving over your tongue; Turn neither left hand nor right. [Refrain] Be strong and very courageous. Carry the law through the fear. Wherever the road sets the soles of your feet, The LORD your God will be there. [Verse 2] Provisions are counted; three days till the crossing. The eastern men shoulder their arms. "We will obey as we answered to Moses, Only be strong," says the camp. Two shadows slip out toward shuttered Jericho; The gate locks the whole city in. [Interlude] Flax on the roof. Soldiers below. Rahab sends pursuit toward the ford. [Verse 3] "We heard how the sea left a road through its waters, How eastern kings fell in your path. The LORD is God in the heaven above And God in the earth underneath. Swear for my father, my mother, my household." The spies bind their lives to her plea. [Bridge] Down through the window, away to the mountain; Three days hidden, then home. A scarlet line waits where the wall meets the sky; One household must gather below. [Refrain - final] Be strong and very courageous. The land has already grown faint. The river is next, and the cord in the wall Burns red while the camp breaks day.