You Are Near
Music by:
Dan Schutte, SJ
Antiphon:
O Lord, I know
You are near,
standing always
at my side.
You guard me
from the foe,
and You lead me
in ways everlasting.
I
Lord You have searched my heart
and You know
when I sit and when I stand.
Your– hand is upon me
protecting me from death,--
keeping me from harm.---
Antiphon:
O Lord, I know
You are near,
standing always
at my side.
You guard me
from the foe,
and You lead me
in ways everlasting.
II
Where can I run from Your love?
If I climb
to the heavens You are there.
If I fly to the sunrise
or sail beyond the sea,--
still I’d find You there.----
Antiphon:
O Lord, I know
You are near,
standing always
at my side.
You guard me
from the foe,
and You lead me
in ways everlasting.
III
You know my heart and its ways,
You who formed me
before– I was born.
In– secret of darkness
before I saw the sun--
in my mother’s womb.----
Antiphon:
O Lord, I know
You are near,
standing always
at my side.
You guard me
from the foe,
and You lead me
in ways everlasting.
IV
Marvelous to me are Your works;
How profound
are Your thoughts– my– Lord.
Even if I could count them,
they number as the stars,--
You would still be there.----
Antiphon:
O Lord, I know
You are near,
standing always
at my side.
You guard me
from the foe,
and You lead me
in ways everlasting.