Lyrics
It’s been your mercy and
It’s been your grace
That has kept me to this very day
I could have been dead and
Sleeping in my grave
But oh Lord oh Lord
It was your grace
Bengilahlekile ngisebumyameni
Usizi nezinyembezi njalo nje
Ithemba lami likuwe
Izono zami zithethelelwe
It’s been your mercy and
It’s been your grace
That has kept me to this very day
I could have been dead and
Sleeping in my grave
But oh Lord oh Lord
It was your grace
Inceba yakho Thixo yandinceda
Impilo yami iphela nya
Kodwa igazi lukaJesu langikhulula
O Thixo wam ndiyabulela
Ndiyabulela
It’s been your mercy and
It’s been your grace
That has kept me to this very day
I could have been dead and
Sleeping in my grave
But oh Lord oh Lord
It was your grace
It was your grace, it was your grace oh Lord
Oh it was your grace that brought me this far
It was your grace
That’s why I’m here today
It was your grace; I said it’s your grace
When I’m weak I’m strong because of your grace
I’m saved oh Lord it was your grace
Oh Lord that was brought me this far
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Meaning & Inspiration
Your Grace is a testimony of survival, forgiveness, and gratitude. The recurring English refrain attributes continued life not to personal strength but to divine mercy and grace. References to death and the grave sharpen the sense of rescue, while the repeated phrase “It was your grace” keeps every part of the testimony centered on God’s sustaining action.
Verses in several Southern African languages broaden that confession without changing its focus. Darkness, sorrow, tears, and sin are answered by hope in God, forgiveness, and freedom through the blood of Jesus. The closing lines also echo the biblical contrast between human weakness and strength supplied by grace. In this account, grace does more than pardon; it preserves life, brings liberation, and gives the singer a reason to offer thanks. The repetition is fittingly communal, allowing a personal story of deliverance to become shared praise for mercy that has carried the worshiper this far.
Related Scripture
- 2 Corinthians 12:9 God says his grace is sufficient and his power is displayed in weakness.
- Ephesians 2:4-5 The passage credits salvation and life to divine mercy and grace.
- 1 John 1:7 The verse connects the blood of Jesus with cleansing from sin.