The Survivor - Phil Keaggy

I have heard the slander of many

Terror on every side

While they council together against me

A scheme to take away my life

I am small, concealed in this darkness

Yearning to see the light, but I may never

Because of the heartless attempt

To take away my life

Am I safe?

The water around me

Is changing.

Is it allright?

I am burning.

Oh what are they doing?

They want to take away my life

But as for me, I trust in Thee

Oh, Lord, my times are in Your hands

You are my God, deliver me

From the solution that they have planned

I’m condemned, completely unwanted

I struggle to stay inside

Oh, my dear mother, your future is haunted

If they succeed and take away my life

I’m cut off, exposed in this cold room

For love and warmth I strive, will you discard me

Throw away or starve me

And slowly drain away my life

But as for me, I trust in Thee

Oh, Lord, my times are in Your hands

You are my God, deliver me

From the solution that they have planned

Desperate hands reach out to embrace me

And steal away in the night

A gentle voice is speaking assuringly

No one will take away your life

Now I am one apart from the millions

Fortunate to survive

And though I bear on my body these old wounds

They didn’t take away my life

But as for me, I trust in Thee

Oh, Lord, my times are in Your hands

You are my God, deliver me

From the solution that they have planned