We celebrate the wars we won The blood of history's ancient sons We followed Judah Maccabee We fought against inequity We saved ourselves with help from one Who loves his children, every one Every one, every one Every one, every one So now Jerusalem You know that it's not right After all you've been through You should know better than To become the wicked ones almighty god once saved you from The lessons we should learn from all The fighting in the days of old When providence bestowed divine The sanctuary purified Let light encircle all you hold And don't uproot the olive grove So now Jerusalem You know that it's not right After all you've been through You should know better than To become the wicked ones almighty god once saved you from So now Jerusalem You know that it's not right After all you've been through You should know better than To become the wicked ones almighty god once saved you from