Beauty For Ashes

Verse 1
He gave me beauty for ashes
The oil of joy for mourning
The garment of praise
For the spirit of heaviness
That we might be trees of righteousness
The planting of the Lord
That He might be glorified

Chorus
He gives us beauty for ashes
Strength for fear
Gladness for mourning
Peace for despair

Verse 2
When sorrow walked with me
And my heart would not sing
He came and He spoke peace
To my troubled soul
He came and He spoke peace
To my troubled soul

Bridge
We shall go out with joy
And be led forth with peace
And the mountains and the hills
Before us shall break forth with singing
And the trees of the field
Shall clap, shall clap their hands