"Hallelujah" meanas "Praise the Lord" (in Greek)

I've got a song to write. A song to sing. Here is stage one.

Ripped apart by what I've lost
Wanting to die but unable to rest
Trapped in the midnight of my thoughts
Crawling through the Valley of Death

Though it aches and its sore
and the words barely come forth

I choose to whisper

Hallelujah Praise the Lord.

My face raises from the ground
Barely lifting my eyes
To find that help that You promised
And still wondering why

Though my faith is still shaken
from the life that You've taken

I choose to say

Hallelujah Praise the Lord.

Something strikes in my soul
And falls into my hands
I use Your rod and your staff
As crutches to stand

And as I pull myself up
I see her holding Your cup

And I realize that I have to cry

Hallelujah Praise the Lord.
Hallelujah Praise the Lord
Hallelujah Praise the Lord.

And the day will come
When sorrow will end
And my tears are wiped dry
And, Maura, I see you again
But Jesus, You're Kingdom come now
On this earth that I'm in
And You're name be praised here
As it is in Heaven.

And so I can sing with the angels
and with my sister once more

Hallelujah Praise the Lord

Alpha, Omega, Beginning and End
First and Last, sing it again
Holy is the Lord God Almighty
Who was and IS and Forever will Be


Hallelujah Praise the Lord.