740. Lead Me, Guide Me

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Text Information
First Line: I am weak and I need your strength and power
Title: Lead Me, Guide Me
Author: Doris Akers (1953)
Meter: Irregular
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Discipleship and Mission; Guidance; Temptation
Copyright: © 1953, ren. Doris Akers (admin. Chappell & Co., Inc./Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.)
ONE LICENSE: 195322
Tune Information
Name: LEAD ME, GUIDE ME
Composer: Doris Akers (1953)
Arranger: Richard Smallwood
Meter: Irregular
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: © 1953, ren. Doris Akers (admin. Chappell & Co., Inc./Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.)


Text Information:

This African American gospel hymn can well be understood as an updated adaptation of Psalm 5:8, with the “enemies” of the psalm treated as the pressures and temptations of daily life. As with the psalms, the “I” here is understood to express a shared communal experience.


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