With the sting of the whip on my shoulder,
with the salt of my sweat on my brow,
Elohim, God on high,
can you hear your people cry?
Help us now,
this dark hour.
Deliver us,
hear our call, deliver us.
Lord of all, remember us,
here in this burning sand.
Deliver us,
there’s a land You promised us.
Deliver us to the Promised Land.
Yaldi ha tov veh harach
Al ti ra veh al tif chad.
My son,
I have nothing I can give
but this chance that you may live,
I pray we’ll meet again
if He will
Deliver us,
hear our prayer. Deliver us
from despair,
These years of slavery
grow too cruel to stand.
Deliver us,
there’s a land You promised us.
Deliver us out of bondage
and deliver us
to the Promised Land.
Hush now my baby,
be still, love, don’t cry.
Sleep as you’re rocked by the stream.
Sleep and remember
my last lullaby,
so I’ll be with you when you dream.
River, oh, river,
flow gently for me,
such precious cargo you bear.
Do you know somewhere he can live free?
River, deliver him there.
Brother, you’re safe now
and safe may you stay,
for I have a prayer just for you.
Grow, baby brother, come back someday.
Come and deliver us, too.
De liver us!
Send a shepherd to shepherd us
and deliver us to the Promised Land.
Deliver us to the Promised Land.
Deliver us!