Keep My Hands Open Proverbs 31:13–20

Verse 1 Teach my hands to work with gladness Teach my feet to rise and go Help me meet the day with purpose Not just drift and never know There is good in faithful labor There is love in what I make Let me serve with willing spirit For Your mercy and Your sake Pre-Chorus Give me wisdom Give me grace For the work set in this place Make me faithful Make me strong In the little and the long Chorus Keep my hands open As I work each day Do not let my labor turn My heart away Make my hands strong Make my spirit give Let me bless the poor and weary By the way I live Verse 2 She prepares and plans with vision She provides with careful care Not in panic, not for glory But because love labors there Let me learn that holy rhythm Steady, thoughtful, full of light Working while the day is given Holding mercy always in sight Chorus Keep my hands open As I work each day Do not let my labor turn My heart away Make my hands strong Make my spirit give Let me bless the poor and weary By the way I live Bridge For the ones who carry burdens For the ones who’ve been passed by For the ones who need a kindness More than answers, more than why If You fill my hands with plenty Let me never close them tight Make me generous with daylight Make me merciful at night Final Chorus Keep my hands open As I work each day Do not let my labor turn My heart away Make my hands strong Make my spirit give Let me bless the poor and weary By the way I live Tag / Outro Hands to work Hands to give Teach me, Lord, the way to live Hands to work Hands to give Keep my hands open