Protect me, God, I trust in you
1 Protect me, God, I trust in you.
I tell you now, 'You are my Lord'.
On you my happiness depends.
Protect me, God, I trust in you.
2 Your people are a chosen race
and I delight in faithful friends,
but pagan ways I will not share.
Protect me, God, I trust in you.
3 Lord God, you are my food and drink;
my work for you is joy indeed.
Glad is the heritage that's mine.
Protect me, God, I trust in you.
4 Thank you, my Lord, for warning me;
by night and day you guide my thoughts.
With you before me, I stand firm.
Protect me, God, I trust in you.
5 So now I'm glad in heart and soul
for I have found security.
Among the dead I shall not rot.
Protect me, God, I trust in you.
6 Not death, but life, shall be my path.
Abundant joy your presence grants,
an honoured place, and happiness.
Protect me, God, I trust in you.
Paraphrase of Psalm 16, Michael Saward
© Michael Saward/Jubilate Hymns
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