I Do Not Go Alone

I DO NOT GO ALONE

by HELEN STEINER RICE



IF DEATH SHOULD SUMMON ME
WITH OUTSTRETCHED HAND
AND WHISPER SOFTLY OF AN UNKNOWN LAND,
I SHALL NOT BE AFRAID TO GO,
FOR THROUGH THE PATH I DO NOT KNOW,
WITHOUT FEAR,
FOR HE WHO SAFELY BROUGHT ME HERE
WILL ALSO TAKE ME SAFELY BACK,
AND THOUGH IN MANY THINGS I LACK,
HE WILL NOT LET ME GO ALONE
INTO THE VALLEY THAT'S UNKNOWN,
SO I REACH OUT AND TAKE DEATH'S HAND
AND JOURNEY TO THE PROMISED LAND.









I WILL LOVE THEE, O LORD, MY STRENGTH.
THE LORD IS MY ROCK, AND MY FORTRESS,
AND MY DELIVERER; MY GOD,
MY STRENGTH, IN WHOM I WILL TRUST;
MY BUCKLER, AND THE HORN OF MY SALVATION,
AND MY HIGH TOWER.



PSALM 18:1-2
KJV



YOU SHALL NOT BE AFRAID OF THE TERROR BY NIGHT,
NOR OF THE ARROW THAT FLIES BY DAY,
NOR OF THE PESTILENCE THAT WALKS IN DARKNESS,
NOR OF THE DESTRUCTION THAT LAYS WASTE AT NOONDAY.



PSALM 91:5-6
NRSV



BUT I WILL SING OF YOUR MIGHT;
I WILL SING ALOUD OF YOUR
STEADFAST LOVE IN THE MORNING.
FOR YOU HAVE BEEN A FORTRESS FOR ME
AND A REFUGE IN THE DAY OF MY DISTRESS.



PSALM 59:16
NRSV



GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH,
AN EVER-PRESENT HELP IN TIMES OF TROUBLE.



PSALM 46:1
GOD'S WORD



IN MY DISTRESS, I SAID,
"GOD CANNOT SEE ME!"
BUT YOU HEARD MY PRAYER WHEN
I CRIED OUT TO YOU FOR HELP.



PSALM 31:22
NCV



I CALLED ON THE LORD IN DISTRESS;
THE LORD ANSWERED ME AND SET
ME IN A BROAD PLACE.



PSALM 118:5
NKJV



BE THOU TO ME A ROCK OF
HABITATION, TO WHICH I MAY CONTINUALLY COME;
THOU HAST GIVEN COMMANDMENT TO SAVE ME.,
FOR THOU ART MY ROCK AND MY FORTRESS.



PSALM 71:3
NAS