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Verse 1
Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah, (Ex. 15:13, Ps. 78:52)
Pilgrim through this barren land. (Heb. 11:13)
I am weak, but Thou art mighty;
Hold me with Thy powerful hand. (Isa. 41:10, Ps. 73:23)
Bread of Heaven, Bread of Heaven, (Ex. 16:4, Neh. 9:15, Ps. 78:24, Ps. 105:40, John 6:31-35, John 6:41, John 6:50-51, John 6:58)
Feed me till I want no more; (John 6:31-35, John 6:50-51, Ps. 23:1)
Feed me till I want no more.
Verse 2
Open now the crystal fountain,
Whence the healing stream doth flow; (Rev. 22:1-2, Ex. 17:6, Num. 20:11, Ezek. 47:1-9)
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through. (Ex. 13:22, Ex. 40:38, Num. 9:16, Num. 14:14, Deut. 1:33, Neh. 9:12, Neh. 9:19, Ps. 78:14)
Strong deliverer, strong deliverer,
Be Thou still my strength and shield; (Ps. 28:7)
Be Thou still my strength and shield.
Verse 3
Lord, I trust Thy mighty power,
Wondrous are Thy works of old; (Ps. 40:5, Ps. 77:11-12, Ps. 78:4, Ps. 107:8, Ps. 107:15, Ps. 107:21, Ps. 107:31, Ps. 111:4, Ps. 119:27, Jer. 21:2, Acts 2:11)
Thou deliver’st Thine from thralldom,
Who for naught themselves had sold: {Isa. 52:3)
Thou didst conquer, Thou didst conquer,
Sin, and Satan and the grave, (I Cor. 15:54-57, Heb. 2:14, I John 3:8, Rev. 1:18)
Sin, and Satan and the grave.
Verse 4
When I tread the verge of Jordan, (Josh. 3:15-17)
Bid my anxious fears subside; (Ps. 23:4)
Death of deaths, and hell’s destruction, (Hosea 13:14)
Land me safe on Canaan’s side. (Josh. 4:23-24)
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to Thee; (Ps. 146:2)
I will ever give to Thee.
Verse 5
Musing on my habitation,
Musing on my heav’nly home, (John 14:2-3, II Cor. 5:1, Heb. 11:13-16)
Fills my soul with holy longings:
Come, my Jesus, quickly come; (Rev. 22:20)
Vanity is all I see; (Ecc. 1:2, Ecc. 1:14, Ecc. 2:17, Ecc. 3:19, Ecc. 12:8)
Lord, I long to be with Thee! (Phil. 1:23, II Cor. 5:8)
Lord, I long to be with Thee!