Palestine is Calling, songs by Garth Hewitt - No 4, Ten Measures of Beauty (Pray for the Peace)

From the heart of Palestinian suffering, this song says that the way to peace is justice - without justice and equality there is no way forward towards peace.
"Peace itself will never come till there’s justice for everyone."
People must be treated in a way that shows they are of equal value.
Let's remember that as we pray and sing for peace.
Garth Hewitt

Words & music Garth Hewitt
© ℗ The Garth Hewitt Foundation
www.garthhewitt.org

Painting by Revd Canon Ed Pruen, used with permission
All photographs from the Stephen Sizer Collection, used with permission

Lyrics
Ten Measures of Beauty (Pray for the Peace)

Ten Measures of beauty God gave to the world
Nine to Jerusalem, one to the rest
Ten measures of sorrow God gave to the world
Nine to Jerusalem, one to the rest

So pray for the peace, pray for the peace
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
Pray for the peace, pray for the peace
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem

You can greet your friends with the word ‘Shalom’
Or you can greet them with ‘Salaam’
But peace itself will never come
Till there’s justice for everyone
And there can be no peace for the Jew
Till there’s peace for the Palestinian too
And there can be no peace for the Jew
Till there’s peace for the Palestinian too.

So pray for the peace, pray for the peace
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
Pray for the peace, pray for the peace
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem

May the justice of God fall down like fire
And bring a home for the Palestinian
May the mercy of God pour down like rain
And protect the Jewish people
And may the beautiful eyes of a holy God
Who weeps for all His children
Bring the healing hope for his wounded ones
For the Jew and the Palestinian

So pray for the peace, pray for the peace
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
Pray for the peace, pray for the peace
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem

Ten measures of beauty God gave to the world
Nine to Jerusalem, one to the rest
Ten measures of sorrow God gave to the world
Nine to Jerusalem, one to the rest

So pray for the peace, pray for the peace
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
Pray for the peace, pray for the peace
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem

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