ฟังเพลงThe Hands That First Held Mary's Child

The Hands That First Held Mary's Child - Bukas Palad

The hands that first held Mary's child

Were hard from working wood

From boards they sawed and nailed and filed

And splinters they withstood

This day they gripped no tool of steel

They drove no iron nail

But cradled from the head to heel

Our Lord newborn and frail

When Joseph marvelled at the size

Of that small breathing frame

And gazed upon those bright new eyes

And spoke the infant's name

The angel's voice he once had dreamed

Poured out from heaven's height

And like the host of starts that gleamed

Blessed earth with welcome light

This Child will be Emmanuel

Not God upon a throne

But God-with-us Emmanuel

As close as blood and bone

The tools which Joseph laid aside

A mob would later lift

And use with anger fear and pride

To crucify God's gift

Let us O Lord not only hold

The Child who's born today

But charged with faith may we behold

To follow in His way

The tiny form in Joseph's palms

Confirmed what he had heard

And from his heart rose hymns and psalms

For heaven's human Word

This Child shall be Emmanuel

Not God upon the Throne

But God-with-us Emmanuel

As close as blood and bone

This Child shall be Emmanuel

Not God upon the Throne

But God-with-us Emmanuel

As close as blood and bone

As close as blood and bone