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Verse 1
He leadeth me, O blessèd thought! (Ps. 73:23-24, Ps. 23:2-3)
O words with heav’nly comfort fraught!
Whate’er I do, where’er I be
Still ’tis God’s hand that leadeth me. (Ps. 73:23-24, Ps. 23:2-3, Ps. 139:10, Deut. 8:2)
Chorus
He leadeth me, He leadeth me, (Ps. 73:23-24, Ps. 23:2-3)
By His own hand He leadeth me; (Ps. 73:23-24, Ps. 23:2-3, Ps. 139:10)
His faithful follower I would be, (I Pet. 2:21, John 10:27)
For by His hand He leadeth me. (Ps. 73:23-24, Ps. 23:2-3, Ps. 139:10)
Verse 2
Sometimes mid scenes of deepest gloom, (Ps. 23:4)
Sometimes where Eden’s bowers bloom, (Gen. 2:8-9)
By waters still, over troubled sea, (Ps. 23:2, Isa. 43:2)
Still ’tis His hand that leadeth me. (Ps. 73:23-24, Ps. 23:2-3, Ps. 139:10)
Verse 3
Lord, I would place my hand in Thine, (Isa. 41:13)
Nor ever murmur nor repine; (Phil. 2:14)
Content, whatever lot I see, (Phil. 4:11-13)
Since ’tis my God that leadeth me. (Ps. 73:23-24, Ps. 23:2-3)
Verse 4
And when my task on earth is done,
When by Thy grace the victory’s won,
E’en death’s cold wave I will not flee,
Since God through Jordan leadeth me. (Josh. 3:17)