"I Journey Through the Wilderness"
/Here’s a paraphrase of Psalm 121. It is written in CMD (8.6.8.6 D) and is sung to the tune FOREST GREEN. Other suggested tunes are: ELLACOMBE, NOEL, RESIGNATION, and WEISSE FLAGGEN. As always, if you would like this hymn notated to a different tune, I’m happy to do so upon request as long as the tune is public domain or I have written permission from the copyright holder.
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I journey through the wilderness;
the hills delight my eyes.
My feet upon this pilgrim path;
my gaze upon the skies.
My help is from the Lord, my God,
who made things high and low.
And though the way with risk abounds,
She’s there where’er I go.
God will not let your foot be moved;
your life, with love, She keeps.
From daybreak’s dawn to ev’ning’s dusk,
God neither rests nor sleeps.
The sun by day nor moon by night
shall threaten or impede,
for God will guide you as a friend
and never you mislead.
Through thick and thin I’ve come thus far
with God, my shield and shade.
Though trial and terror may roar and rage,
with God, I’m not afraid.
My going out and coming in
are kept by God in grace.
In days gone by and days to come,
I’m held in Her embrace.