174. My Father Watches Over Me

I trust in God wherever I may be, upon the land, or on the rolling sea, For come what may, from day to day, my heav’nly Father watches over me.

I trust in God, I know he cares for me; on mountain bleak or on the stormy sea; Tho’ billows roll, he keeps my soul; my heav’nly Father watches over me.

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He makes the rose an object of his care, he guides the eagle thro’ the pathless air, And surely he remembers me; my heav’nly Father watches over me.

I trust in God, I know he cares for me; on mountain bleak or on the stormy sea; Tho’ billows roll, he keeps my soul; my heav’nly Father watches over me.

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I trust in God, for, in the lion’s den, on battlefield, or in the prison pen, Thro’ praise or blame, thro’ flood or flame, my heav’nly Father watches over me.

I trust in God, I know he cares for me; on mountain bleak or on the stormy sea; Tho’ billows roll, he keeps my soul; my heav’nly Father watches over me.

The valley may be dark, the shadows deep, but O, the Shepherd guards his lonely sheep; And thro’ the gloom he’ll lead me home, my heav’nly Father watches over me.

I trust in God, I know he cares for me; on mountain bleak or on the stormy sea; Tho’ billows roll, he keeps my soul; my heav’nly Father watches over me.