PSALM 412
1 Embrace me, O God!
Show your wonders through my life.
2 Don’t let me drown!
Give me dry land;
Part these raging seas.
3 These blisters I have protected for so long
are now exposed; the very air around me stings.
I try to move – even one foot forward –
and I writhe in agony.
4 This hurt has been with me since my birth;
I drink tears daily.
5 This pain has been my closest friend;
It has been my only companion.
6 I’m so scared to cut ties, for it’s all I’ve known.
Where else can I turn?
7 My mind’s eye is all but blind;
I can see nothing but failure.
8 A past I have never known has sucker-punched me,
Stripping me of the little hope I once held.
9 How long will chaos rule inside my chest?
How much longer must this civil war last?
10 For I feel like I’m losing this fight.
I feel so alone.
11 O God! I want to do what is right,
but this fear is paralyzing.
12 Where is my future? Where is my hope?
I look up to the heavens but there’s only gray.
13 I need more in life than this!
I need to be free. I need hope.
I need to love.
14 I need to be loved.
15 Somewhere between where I am and where I’ve been,
I’ve lost my heart.
16 Still God, I’m stepping out into the unknown
Exposed and open, I’m an easy target.
17 I’m jumping with no nets to break my fall;
You will catch me, won’t you?
18 The darkness whispers doubt in my ears
Great Light, you can make it scatter.
19 This all seems like such foolishness
To trust in something obscure and unseen
20 But I see you God;
And you see me.
21 My mindset is limited –
How could I ever grasp the concept of your art?
This is a dark chapter in a much bigger book;
The Author is not finished yet!
22 Every heartache, every pain I’ve known
My redemption is being written
23 Preparing me to heal this broken world
In the process, You are healing me.
24 Don’t leave me here alone.
Don’t let me down.
Don’t let me crash when I fall.
Please don’t give up on me.
God, don’t forget me!
25 Even as I’m running,
Hold my heart . . .
Calm my heart . . .
Show my heart a glimpse of what you will yet do.
26 All my hope is in you.
1 Embrace me, O God!
Show your wonders through my life.
2 Don’t let me drown!
Give me dry land;
Part these raging seas.
3 These blisters I have protected for so long
are now exposed; the very air around me stings.
I try to move – even one foot forward –
and I writhe in agony.
4 This hurt has been with me since my birth;
I drink tears daily.
5 This pain has been my closest friend;
It has been my only companion.
6 I’m so scared to cut ties, for it’s all I’ve known.
Where else can I turn?
7 My mind’s eye is all but blind;
I can see nothing but failure.
8 A past I have never known has sucker-punched me,
Stripping me of the little hope I once held.
9 How long will chaos rule inside my chest?
How much longer must this civil war last?
10 For I feel like I’m losing this fight.
I feel so alone.
11 O God! I want to do what is right,
but this fear is paralyzing.
12 Where is my future? Where is my hope?
I look up to the heavens but there’s only gray.
13 I need more in life than this!
I need to be free. I need hope.
I need to love.
14 I need to be loved.
15 Somewhere between where I am and where I’ve been,
I’ve lost my heart.
16 Still God, I’m stepping out into the unknown
Exposed and open, I’m an easy target.
17 I’m jumping with no nets to break my fall;
You will catch me, won’t you?
18 The darkness whispers doubt in my ears
Great Light, you can make it scatter.
19 This all seems like such foolishness
To trust in something obscure and unseen
20 But I see you God;
And you see me.
21 My mindset is limited –
How could I ever grasp the concept of your art?
This is a dark chapter in a much bigger book;
The Author is not finished yet!
22 Every heartache, every pain I’ve known
My redemption is being written
23 Preparing me to heal this broken world
In the process, You are healing me.
24 Don’t leave me here alone.
Don’t let me down.
Don’t let me crash when I fall.
Please don’t give up on me.
God, don’t forget me!
25 Even as I’m running,
Hold my heart . . .
Calm my heart . . .
Show my heart a glimpse of what you will yet do.
26 All my hope is in you.
