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You Are Good

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Song Meaning

"Your mercy endureth forever" is the King James refrain of Psalm 136, repeated after every line of that psalm's 26 verses recounting God's actions from creation onward — the song borrows the phrase itself rather than any one specific verse from it. "People from every nation and tongue, from generation to generation" reflects Revelation 7:9's vision of "a great multitude... from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages" gathered in worship. The bridge — "You are good, all the time, and all the time, You are good" — inverts the same sentence rather than adding new content, a structure common in call-and-response worship where the point is repetition itself, not new information delivered line by line.

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[Instrumental]

[Verse]

Lord, You are good and Your mercy endureth forever

[Pre-Chorus]

People from every nation and tongue

From generation to generation

[Chorus 1]

We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah

We worship You for who You are

We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah

We worship You for who You are

And You are good

[Interlude]

[Verse]

Lord, You are good and Your mercy endureth forever

[Pre-Chorus]

People from every nation and tongue

From generation to generation

[Chorus 1]

We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah

We worship You for who You are

We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah

We worship You for who You are

And You are good

So good, so good, yeah

[Bridge]

You are good, all the time

And all the time, You are good, yeah

You are good, all the time

All the time, You are good

You are good, all the time

All the time, You are good, yeah

You are good, all the time

All the time, You are good

[Interlude]

[Verse]

Lord, You are good and Your mercy endureth forever

[Pre-Chorus]

People from every nation and tongue

From generation to generation

[Chorus 2]

We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah

We worship You for who You are

We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah

We worship You for who You are

We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah

We worship You for who You are

We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah

We worship You for who You are

For who You are (for who You are)

Who You are (for who You are)

And You are good!

[Interlude]

[Outro]

You are good, all the time

And all the time, You are good

You are good, all the time

All the time, You are good

You are good, all the time

All the time, You are good

You are good, all the time

All the time, You are good

You are good, all the time

All the time

You Are Good

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