For Unto Us
Song Meaning
Point of Grace quote Isaiah 9:6 directly and almost entirely as the song's full lyric: "for unto us, a child is born, unto us, a Son is given... and the government shall be upon His shoulder." The prophecy, written centuries before the nativity, needs no added commentary — the song trusts the verse itself to carry the whole arrangement.
"His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the King of Kings, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace" stacks the full list of titles in one breath rather than spreading them across verses. The repetition of "a child is born" before the title list arrives keeps the song's structure matching the prophecy's own — ordinary birth language first, followed only afterward by the full weight of who that child actually is.
For unto us, a child is born
Unto us, a Son is given
Unto us, a Son is given
Unto us, a child is born
A child is born
A child is born
Unto us, a child is born
Unto us, a child is born
For unto us, a child is born
And the government shall be upon His shoulder
And his name shall be called Wonderful
And his name shall be called Counselor
The king of kings
The everlasting Father
The Prince of Peace