Psalm 5: Lift Us and Lead Us

Psalm 5: Lift us and Lead Us

Verse 1:

O Lord, in the morning I lift up my voice

Consider my groaning, and let me rejoice

My King and my Saviour, my Master and Lord

I wait and I ponder and rest on your word.

Chorus:

O God in your mercy and loving embrace

Great and abundant your goodness and grace

Lift us and lead us to walk in your way

For you are our refuge, our strength and our stay.

Verse 2:

You do not delight in the wicked or wrong

The proud and the haughty can never belong

Lies and deceit you abhor and disdain

You hate what is evil and all that is vain.

Chorus:

O God in your mercy and loving embrace

Great and abundant your goodness and grace

Lift us and lead us to walk in your way

For you are our refuge, our strength and our stay.

Verse 3:

Though many approach me with flattering words

Their speech and their counsel is rendered absurd

For grave and destruction and absence of truth

Will cause them to fall in the prime of their youth.

Chorus:

O God in your mercy and loving embrace

Great and abundant your goodness and grace

Lift us and lead us to walk in your way

For you are our refuge, our strength and our stay.

Bridge:

Let all who trust in you rejoice and let them sing with cheerful voice.

Protect the ones who love your name and keep them safe in your domain.

Chorus

O God in your mercy and loving embrace

Great and abundant your goodness and grace

Lift us and lead us to walk in your way

For you are our refuge, our strength and our stay.

Based on Psalm 5

© Johannes W H van der Bijl 2025