In His Keeping

" The sun shall not smite you by day, nor the moon by night.
The Lord will keep you from all evil; He will keep your life.
The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in
 from this time forth and forevermore."
(Psalm 121:6-8)

Girl In A Flowering Meadow

Gottfried Hofer/Mountain Dreams

Image courtesy/Fine Art America

When the early morning breaking,

Slumber from my eyelids shaking,

Comes the blessed tho't with waking,

I am in His keeping.


Day advances, labor bringing,

Care, her mantle 'round me flinging,

Yet midst all my soul keeps singing,

I am in His care.

I am in my Father's keeping,

I am in His tender care;

Whether waking, whether sleeping,

I am in His care.

Sometimes dark clouds hang o'er me,

Not one step I see before me,

Still my Savior, I adore Thee,

I am in His keeping.

I can trust His hand to guide me,

'Neath His wings He'll safely hide me,

And no harm can e'er betide me,

I am in His care.

I am in my Father's keeping,

I am in His tender care;

Whether waking, whether sleeping,

I am in His care.

Gentle eventide is nearing,

Light from heaven disappearing,

Still the blessed tho't so cheering,

I am in His keeping.

Now night's curtains gather 'round me,

Yet its dangers have not found me,

For His angel guards surround me,

I am in His care.

I am in my Father's keeping,

I am in His tender care;

Whether waking, whether sleeping,

I am in His care.

"In His Keeping"
(1898)
Lelia Naylor Morris
(1862-1929)
American hymn writer