[Verse 1] O Yahweh, my God, I call to You In the night watches and the day My path is set before my feet Yet I do not know the way The weight of years is on my soul And questions linger without end Still I will look to You alone My Shepherd and my Friend [Verse 2] You have been near in all my grief You have sustained me in the fire When all I knew was torn away You did not leave me to the mire Though I have walked through shadowed ground And felt the silence of the deep Your hand has held me even there Your watch has not forsaken me [Chorus] Your word, O Yahweh, a lamp to me A light upon the path I tread Not far ahead, but step by step By what You speak, I will be led [Verse 3] Give me a heart that waits on You And ears that hear when You make known Discern the truth from what I feel And guide me by Your voice alone Let not my longing lead me blind Nor fear compel my feet to stray But plant me firm within Your will And keep me in Your way [Verse 4] I do not ask to see the end Nor claim to know what You have planned But give me strength to walk by faith And place my life within Your hand If You should lead through quiet paths Or call me into lands unknown Still I will trust Your providence And not forsake what You have shown [Bridge] Search me, O God, and know my heart Try me and know my anxious thought See if there be a way in me That leads me where Your will is not [Final Chorus] Your word, O Yahweh, a lamp to me A light upon the path I tread In dark or day, I will not fear For by Your hand I will be led
