Palm Sunday

He entered the city like a king
On a donkey reserved just for him
They welcomed the changes He would bring
Of the Holy writ they weren't foreign

King David had received such a coronation
Many generations ago
Through him, they knew one would come to save the nation
And the donkey symbolized peace to know!

Oh Jerusalem so richly named
"Yeru" meaning flow
To point forth the way to go
Shalam meaning whole

Where peace can completely show
This is the holy land fit for our king
Here He cleansed His holy house
And shed His blood for atoning 

Here He will return again

With clouds or glory to stand

Amidst His people to reign
With His prints upon each hand

Here they will see His side

Where they pierced His heart

Now, in peace, all will confide

"Oh Lord, How great Thou Art!"

[Verse 1] He entered the city like a king On a donkey reserved just for him They welcomed the changes He would bring Of the Holy writ they weren't foreign King David had received such a coronation Many generations ago Through his lineage one would come to save the nation And the donkey spoke of peace we know [Pre-Chorus] Oh Jerusalem, so richly named Yeru meaning flow To point forth the way to go Shalam meaning whole Where peace can fully show [Chorus] Jesus on a donkey Coronation for a king Salvation, offering The promise unfolds Holy and humble Our souls to save Jesus on a donkey King of kings this day [Verse 2] This is the holy land fit for our king Here He cleansed His holy house And shed His blood for atoning Here He will return again With clouds of glory to stand Amidst His people to reign With His prints upon each hand Here they will see His side Where they pierced His heart [Pre-Chorus] Now in peace, we will confide "Oh Lord, how great Thou art" You carried sorrow far And from the wounded place To redeeming grace [Chorus] Jesus on a white cloud Our glorious king Salvation, offering The promise unfolds Holy and humble Our souls to save Jesus on a white cloud Thou art the Way [Bridge] Here He cleansed His holy house Here He will return again With clouds of glory overhead And every eye will know Oh, from pierced hands to reigning throne You make the scattered one your own You make the broken whole You make the broken whole [Final Chorus] Jesus on a white cloud Our glorious king Salvation, offering The promise unfolds Holy and humble Our souls to save Jesus on a white cloud Leads us today

The place name Jerusalem (pronounced yerushalaim in Hebrew) is a combination of two words. The first is yeru meaning "flow". This word has several applications such as the flowing of water in a river, the throwing of something as being flowed out of the hand or as the flowing of a finger in the sense of pointing out the way one should go. This last use is the use in the name yerushalaim. The shalayim is from the word shalam meaning complete and whole (the word Shalom is also derived from shalam, while it is usually translated as peace it more means to be complete or whole). When these two words are put together they mean something like "pointing the way to completeness".