Psalm 43:3-5

 

Psalm 43:3-5

Send me your light and your faithful care, let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell. Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.

Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

I sometimes feel that all the world

Is weighing down me,

And, though I try to shake it off,

I just cannot break free.

But then I hear that still, small voice

Whispering in my ear,

“Give me your worries, let them go,

I’m greater than your fear.”

The mountains do not roar and shake,

The oceans do not rise,

But I can tell that He is near,

And He has heard my cries.

There is peace within this world

That’s easiest to find

When we place our fears in His hand,

And then, leave them behind.

It is in that peace that I’ve found

The strength I need stand

And step into the world’s melee,

Knowing who’s in command. 

So, why, my soul, be so downcast?

There’s nothing we can’t face

If we give Him each doubt and fear,

And His peace takes its place.