In the days the judges wandered And the land

was hard and dry Naomi left her home in

Bethlehem With sorrow waiting on the other side Oh,

I've held the years that broke her Took her husband, took

her sons And the silence fell around her

Before the healing had begun

So she

turned her face for home again When the Lord gave bread

once more One went back, but Ruth stayed with her

On that long and bitter road Where you go,

I will go now

Where you stay, I will remain.

Your people will be my people. You'll guide my hope through

every pain. Through the hunger and the harvest. Through the sorrow

and the storm. The Lord walks with the broken. And He

leads the exile home Through the empty and the waiting Through

the night so cold and long Mercy gathers in the body

And redemption carries on

Back

in Bethlehem the fields were waking Ruth bent low to glean

the grain Boaz saw her faithful labor

And covered her with grace On the threshing

floor at midnight

What was lost was not forgotten. Love and mercy

would not wait. Through the hunger and the harvest, through the

sorrow and the storm, the Lord walks with the broken and

He leads the exile home Through the empty and the waiting

Through the night so cold and long Mercy gathers in the

barley And redemption carries on

At the gate the word was spoken At the gate the

price was paid What stood empty was restored there

What was bitter changed by grace

Through the hunger and the harvest Through the sorrow and the

storm The Lord walks with the broken And He leads the

exile home Through the empty and the waiting Through the night

so cold and long From the field came royal mercy

And redemption carried on