"Thou goest with us"

(Exodus 33:16)

Thou goest with us! This would be our comfort!
Thou goest with us, on life’s further way!
Thou goest with us, on into the future!
Thou goest with us, with us day by day!

Thou goest with us! Not alone we journey,
Not at our charges take we to the road;
Thou goest with us, guiding, guarding, caring;
Thou goest with us, cov’nant-keeping God!

Thou goest with us, through each lonesome valley!
Thou goest with us, through our blackest night!
Thou goest with us, through each crushing sorrow!
Also to help us scale each rugged height.

Thou goest with us! This our peace and portion!
We are with Thee, our spirits thus have rest!
What though full much, unwelcome, may attend us,
Since thus with Thee we are supremely blest.

J. Danson Smith