Biblical Profits

How many times will it take to define

And unwind the design that's confining you

How many ways can your world start to shake

Before your narrative breaks and you come unglued

So hypnotized in your mind by the lies

That disguise over time what's the narrow road

How many specks will you need to inspect

And reject but not check on your own eyes too

Ever hearing but not perceiving

You only see what you want to see

You quench your conscience from the consequences

When you tell yourself that God is who you want him to be

Righteousness has turned into violence

Palms lifted in prayer are covered in blood

The Holy Ones are filled with injustice

The name of God is dragged through the mud

Those who guide you mislead you

And the course of your paths they confound

You honor me with your lips but the prophecy fits

You are distant, your hearts are stone

How many crimes will you defend in your mind

How many lies will you blind follow

How many gnats will you strain from the batch

While you swallow the trash of a camel, whole

Ignoring the vultures prowling inside your structures

And then blaming the culture when the victims go

How much evil can fit under the steeple

Just to see your people

Sit upon the throne

Turning bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter

Wise in their own eyes, discerning in their own minds

Declaring wicked innocent to take a bribe

Robbing justice from the needy through relentless lies

Righteousness has turned into violence

Palms lifted in prayer are covered in blood

The Holy Ones are filled with injustice

The name of God is dragged through the mud

Turn from your evil and learn what is good

Love mercy, seek justice, walk in humbleness

Stand for the oppressed and defend the lowly

Stop bearing my name in vain

Learn to love