Where oh Lord can I hide that You cannot see?
Neither the cloak of darkness
Nor the deep fold of shadows
Can ever conceal me from Your presence.
For Your brilliance exposes my sins
I am stripped bare before Your sight
Only within Your magnificence
Do I realise the weight of my iniquities.
Oh how heavy my Lord this burden
Of which I stubbornly cling
Yet desperate to be rid of
Fearful to surrender its hold to You.
So where can I escape to that You cannot find?
Neither the highest of mountains
Nor the deepest of seas or the farthest of plains
Can ever offer me refuge from Your gaze.
For You knew me even before I knew You
You are intimate with all my ways
Yet Your throne abounds with grace
And I weep in Your ever loving embrace.
So I will run to You my Lord
Be not too far from me
For I am weary with going alone
And men’s strengths always wane.
My Lord is ever patient
With His extended hand
Ever waiting with forgiveness
When I truly repent.
