Justice Will Roll Down

Have you ever heard of Sandra McCracken? She’s one of my favorite singer/songwriters in the Christian music genre. A few of her songs appear on the Indelible Grace albums. She’s also released a plethora of her own music, which I would describe as beautiful, mellow, and poetic while still remaining true to Scripture. You can find some of her sheet music in the Indelible Grace Hymnbook and her albums on Spotify (and probably other listening apps, too).

“Justice Will Roll Down” comes from her album In Feast or Fallow, my all-time favorite. This song seemed appropriate to learn and sing through over and over again considering everything going on in the world today. I hope you find encouragement and reassurance through her words!

Justice Will Roll Down

Oh my love, you have grown so cold,
to the world outside, to the house next door.
She who has been loved much,
has so much to give,
mercy is the fragrance of the broken.

Justice will roll down,
oh justice will roll down,
from high upon those mountains with a mighty river sound,
it will roll down, it will roll down.

Oh my child, I will be your light
in your secret pain, in the dark of night.
No enemy, no conqueror will steal your life from me,
I am your salvation, and your victory.

Justice will roll down,
oh justice will roll down,
from high upon those mountains with a mighty river sound,
it will roll down, it will roll down.

Soon, oh soon, when the trumpet sounds,
every knee will bend, every heart will pound.
I have made a new world,
where the servant is the king.
Oppression will be over, and the slave set free.

Justice will roll down,
oh justice will roll down,
from high upon those mountains with a mighty river sound,
it will roll down, it will roll down,
it will roll down, it will roll down.