I have left the familiar songs from this collection from Michael Herry called Dare to Dream to look at selections that are new to me.
This one has a text based on Deut 6:4-7 and Psalm 26.
The sheet music is freely available from the Marists. You can hear their version here. The third verse has a key change from Bb to C.
1 Hear O Israel, the Lord your God is one Lord
and you shall love the Lord your God
with all your heart, soul and might.
These words I give today, remember in your heart
and teach them to your children’s children, and live by them all your days.
2 Lord, my light, my help, the stronghold of my life,
when evil doers draw near to me ’tis they who stumble and fall.
One thing I ask of the Lord, one thing for which I long,
to live each day in God’s house and to savour the sweetness there.
3 Let me see your face and feel you by my side
and when my spirit weakens, Lord, to have you as my guide.
Sure I am of this, to see the face of the Lord,
so hope in him, hold firm forever take heart and hope in the Lord.
© 1993 Michael Herry