The crowd surges and thunders The righteous are howling for blood My dignity is quartered Death chokes the breath from our lungs O God, are Your hands idle Or worse, do You strengthen our foe? Why is evil left to prosper Breaking our backs with its yoke? O God arise How long will You be silent? O God arise How long will You be silent? The watching children linger The innocence stripped from their souls Forsaking their own brothers They're ready to cast the first stone O God arise How long will You be silent? O God arise How long will You be silent? O God arise How long will You be silent? O God arise How long will You be silent? How can we plead mercy And crush our fellow man? How can we cry freedom But live like no-one's bound? How can we preach justice With these rope-burned hands? O God arise How long will You be silent? O God arise How long will You be silent? O God arise How long will You be silent? O God arise How long will You be silent? How long? How long?