To Thee, O Lord, I Fly

To Thee, O Lord, I fly
And on Thy help depend;
Thou art my Lord and King most high;
Do Thou my soul defend.
A heritage for me
Jehovah will remain;
My portion rich and full is He,
My right He will maintain.

The lot to me that fell
Is beautiful and fair;
The heritage in which I dwell
Is good beyond compare.
I praise the Lord above
Whose counsel guides aright;
My heart instructs me in His love
In seasons of the night.

I keep before me still
The Lord Whom I have proved;
At my right hand He guards from ill,
And I shall not be moved.
Life’s pathway Thou wilt show,
To Thy right hand wilt guide,
Where streams of pleasure ever flow,
And boundless joys abide.

Author: Unknown

This is a metrical rendering of Psalm 16. The style and language closely match the 1912 Psalter (United Presbyterian), which often left such versifications unattributed or credited them to 'The Psalter, 1912'. No single prominent hymn-writer (e.g., Watts, Wesley, Montgomery) is known to have produced this exact text.