Hold Me Fast (Psalm 139)
You have searched me, and you know me
You know when I sit and when I rise;
Before a word is on my tongue
You know it completely
You're familiar with my going up
And lying down, all my ways
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go to the heavens, you are there;
If I make my bed in the depths of the sea, you are there
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on distant shores
Even there your hand will guide me
Even there your right hand will hold me fast
Created and woven
Together in my mother’s womb
I praise you for I've been made
Fearfully and wonderfully
If I go to the heavens, you are there;
If I make my bed in the depths of the sea, you are there
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on distant shores
Even there your hand will guide me
Even there your right hand will hold me fast
How precious to me are your thoughts
How vast is the sum of them!
If I were to count them
They'd number far more than the sand
How precious to me are your thoughts
How vast is the sum of them!
Far to great for me to ever understand
So search me, search me, oh God
And know my heart;
Try me and know my thoughts
See if there be in me
Any wicked ways
Then lead me down the road everlasting
If I go to the heavens, you are there;
If I make my bed in the depths of the sea, you are there
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on distant shores
Even there your hand will guide me
Even there your right hand will hold me fast
Your right hand will hold me fast