YAHWEH, YOU ARE NEAR

Yahweh, I know you are near
Standing always at my side
You guard me from the foe
And you lead me in ways everlasting

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

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 seas
Still I find You there

You know my heart and its ways
You who formed me before I was born
In the secret of darkness
Before I saw the sun in my mother's womb

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