E A
Everyday the Lord Himself is near me
B E
With a special mercy for each hour;
C#m A
All my cares he gladly bears and cheers me,
B E
He whose name is Counselor and Power
E A
The protection of His child and treasure
B E
Is a charge that on Himself He laid;
C#m A
"As thy days, your strength shall be in measure,"
B E
This the pledge to me he has made.
Verse 3
E A
Help me then in every tribulation
B E
So to trust your promises, O Lord,
C#m A
That I lose not faith's sweet consolation
B E
Offered me within your holy Word.
E A
Help me Lord, when toil and trouble meeting,
B E
E'er to take, as from a father's hand,
C#m A
One by one, the day, the moments fleeting,
B E
'Til I reach the promised land.