This is a very used song by Fr Frank Andersen. It falls foul of the Yahweh rule and the singing in God’s voice rule, but it is beloved by many and you couldn’t kill it off with a stake through its heart. This organist is really going for it but the assembly is somewhere else. This piano version is more basic and may have been easier to sing along to. In fact this song is so well known it is an excellent one to sing without musical backing for at least one verse and chorus.
Verse 1
I will be Yahweh who walks with you!
You will be always within my hand!
Take your heart and give it all to me!
Refrain
Strong and constant is my love!
Strong and constant is my love!
Verse 2
Should you wander far away from me,
I will search for you in ev-’ry land!
Should you call, then you will truly know:
Refrain
Verse 3
When you know sorrow within your life,
I will come I will embrace your heart!
Through your pain you will discover me!
Refrain
© Frank Andersen and Chevalier Music.
We change Yaweh to Your God to meet the Vatican rule. It seems to work quite well.
I have sung this to my 3 and a half year old all his life at night after story time. I hope it will be a reminder to him not only that God is always with him, but through his life I will be there for him too. I think it is a loveley song for a wedding also as it captures the essence of enduring love through all phases of life’s ups and downs.
I somehow ended up adding a verse one of those nights my don was resisting sleep in the hope I could extend the peace he seems to gain from the song;
“Should you wander through the valley of shadows,
I will come I will light your path;
Through the dark you will see the light…..”
who this song