This Do I Know

Lord, I am crushed, I am ground down like dirt

Day after day, I am wounded and hurt

Fists strike my face and words fracture my heart

Lord, show me mercy, Your aid now impart

My enemies wink, they want me to fall

I’m pushed to my knees but to You I call

Be my strong tower, the place where I hide

The anchor I cling to till troubles subside

What can men do? I have nothing to fear!

Men who conspire, who scoff and who jeer

Lord, in your anger, cast down every foe

Triumph and victory upon me bestow

You know well my path and catch every tear

The praise on my lips You bend down to hear

Of one thing I’m certain. This do I know

That You walk beside me where ever I go

What can men do? I have nothing to fear

God, the Eternal, will always draw near

I offer my life, with its minutes and days

Always to walk in the light of Your ways

(Psalm 56)