Spiritual Songs: "Hosanna" by Andrew Peterson

Andrew Peterson's music is thought provoking and soul stirring. So much of it resonates with me. This song is no exception. This song, "Hosanna," captures the tension between the struggle with sin and the yearning to be free from it. It is a cry for deliverance to the only One who can deliver us. This song has often been a salve to my wounded heart. I pray you find encouragement from it, as well.

Hosanna

Open to me the gates of righteousness, 

that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.

This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.

I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation.

The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

This is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.

This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Save us, we pray, O LORD!

O LORD, we pray, give us success!

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD!

We bless you from the house of the LORD.

The LORD is God, and he has made his light to shine upon us.

Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar!

You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;

You are my God; I will extol you.

Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;

for his steadfast love endures forever!

Psalm 118:19-29