The Lord Is Near
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w&m: Michael Joncas, 1979

[Refrain]
O the Lord is near to all who call on him;
he is close to all who seek his face,
slow to anger and full of compassion
and abounding in merciful love.

[Verse 1]
The Lord is my light and my salvation,
there is nothing at all I fear;
the Lord is the refuge of my life;
of whom should I be afraid?

[Refrain]

[Verse 2]
One thing I ask of the Lord;
there is only one thing I seek:
to dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life.

[Refrain]

[Verse 3]
For God will hide me in his house
and conceal me in the shelter of his tent.
Even now my head is held high
over those who would see me fall.

[Refrain]

[Amen]
Amen.