[Verse 1]
Father, I feel the waters rising,
Trouble crashing over me.
I’m sinking where no ground can hold me,
Lost beneath this raging sea.
Voices curse me without reason,
Hatred hunts me though I’m clean.
I carry shame I never earned,
I’m judged for things I’ve never been.

[Pre-Chorus]
I called until my throat was broken,
I watched until my eyes grew dim.
Still I lift my face to Heaven—
My help, my hope, is found in Him.

[Chorus]
Jesus, You were hated without a cause,
Mocked and wounded on the cross.
Rejected by the ones You came to save,
Yet love poured out through every pain.
When no one came to comfort You,
You stayed faithful, You stayed true.
So when I’m crushed and can’t see through,
I run to You, I run to You.

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[Verse 2]
Even those who shared my table
Turn their faces, walk away.
Family voices feel like strangers,
Friends grow silent in my pain.
I weep before You, clothed in sorrow,
But the crowd makes sport of me.
They laugh at faith, they scorn devotion,
They mock the heart that bows its knee.

[Pre-Chorus]
But You, Lord Jesus, knew rejection,
Your brothers doubted, crowds withdrew.
The world despised Your holy passion,
Yet still Your heart burned bright and true.

[Chorus]
Jesus, You were hated without a cause,
Mocked and wounded on the cross.
Rejected by the ones You came to save,
Yet love poured out through every pain.
When no one came to comfort You,
You stayed faithful, You stayed true.
So when I’m crushed and can’t see through,
I run to You, I run to You.

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[Verse 3]
I searched for mercy in their faces,
But sympathy was nowhere found.
Instead of bread, they gave me bitterness,
Instead of water, vinegar came down.
And there upon the hill of Calvary,
The bitter cup was placed to Your lips.
The Holy One who healed the broken
Was pierced by cruel and faithless hands.

[Pre-Chorus]
Yet even there You prayed for pardon,
Even there Your mercy flowed.
You bore the wrath, You broke the darkness,
You made a path to bring us home.

[Chorus]
Jesus, You were hated without a cause,
Mocked and wounded on the cross.
Rejected by the ones You came to save,
Yet love poured out through every pain.
When no one came to comfort You,
You stayed faithful, You stayed true.
So when I’m crushed and can’t see through,
I run to You, I run to You.

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[Bridge]
Judge the darkness, Lord, with justice,
Let evil never have the final word.
Defend the weak, restore the broken,
Let every desperate cry be heard.
Do not let my wounds bring shame
Upon the beauty of Your name.
Turn my mourning into witness,
Turn my suffering into praise.

For You were lowered into sorrow,
So the lost could rise again.
You entered death and left it empty,
You became salvation’s hymn.
You hear the poor, You lift the captive,
You do not turn away the weak.
The cross declares that pain is not the ending—
Resurrection speaks.

[Bridge — Added]
You said, “They hated Me before you,
So don’t be shocked when they hate you too.
If this world rejected Heaven’s mercy,
It may turn its wounded pride on you.”
But blessed are the hearts that suffer
For holding fast to what is true;
When I am mocked for bearing Your name,
Lord, help me stand with You.⸻

[Final Chorus]
Jesus, You were hated without a cause,
Mocked and wounded on the cross.
Rejected by the ones You came to save,
Yet love poured out through every pain.
When no one came to comfort You,
You stayed faithful, You stayed true.
Now every drowning heart can come,
And find its rescue in Your love.

[Outro]
So even in pain, I will praise Your name,
For You have carried all my shame.
You hear the needy, You save Your own—
Through Christ my King, I’m not alone.



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