You Know Me, Lord

Intro
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Verse 1
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You know me, Lord, you search my heart,
Am B
My thoughts are open to your gaze.
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Protect me, Lord, from evil ways
Em A B
And guide me in the path of life.

Verse 2
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Before a word is on my tongue
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You know the secrets of my heart.
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Be close to me, surround me, Lord
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From all my terrors set me free.

Verse 3
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Where should I go to flee from you?
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How can I shelter from your face?
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If heavenward, I find you there:
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In earth’s dark depths you follow me.

Verse 4
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If I could take the wings of dawn
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And journey to the ends of earth,
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Your hand would still be guiding me,
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Your right hand still would hold me fast.

Verse 5
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If darkness came to swallow me
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And night surround me in its grasp,
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No darkness would there be for you:
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The light would be as light as day.

Verse 6
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For it was you who fashioned me:
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Knit bone to bone and flesh to flesh.
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I thank you, Lord, Creator God,
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That you should think and breathe on me.

Verse 7
Em Em7
You know me, Lord, you search my heart,
Am B
My thoughts are open to your gaze.
G D
Protect me, Lord, from evil ways
Em A B
And guide me in the path of life.