O Let Me Walk with Thee

O let me walk with Thee, my God,
As Enoch walked in days of old;
Place Thou my trembling hand in Thine,
And sweet communion with me hold;
E’en though the path I may not see,
Yet, Jesus, let me walk with Thee.

I cannot, dare not, walk alone;
The tempest rages in the sky,
A thousand snares beset my feet,
A thousand foes are lurking nigh.
Still Thou the raging of the sea,
O Master! let me walk with Thee.

If I may rest my hand in Thine,
I’ll count the joys of earth but loss,
And firmly, bravely journey on;
I’ll bear the banner of the cross
Till Zion’s glorious gates I see;
Yet, Savior, let me walk with Thee.

Author: Unknown

No well-known author is associated with this hymn in common hymnals or databases. It appears in some 19th/early 20th-century collections (often set to music by William J. Kirkpatrick), but is frequently listed without credit or as anonymous. Not to be confused with the similarly titled 'O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee' by Washington Gladden.