I used to sing this song all the time. I rarely hear it anymore as newer songs have taken it’s place. You are my hiding place is a great song that reminds of our safety in God.
Lyrics
You always fill my heart
With songs of deliverance
Whenever I am afraid
I will trust in You
Let the weak say
I am strong
In the strength of the Lord
You always fill my heart
With songs of deliverance
Whenever I am afraid
I will trust in You
Let the weak say I am strong
In the strength of the Lord
I will trust in You
You always fill my heart
With songs of deliverance
Whenever I am afraid
I will trust in You
Let the weak say
I am strong
In the strength of the Lord
I will trust in You
You always fill my heart (Let the weak say)
With songs of deliverance (I am strong)
Whenever I am afraid (In the strength of the Lord)
I will trust in You
Author and History
Michael James Ledner wrote “You Are my Hiding Place”. I looked for information about him but failed to do so other than this one post.
Mr. Ledner found himself in a time of despair. In that moment he took the time to take the words of David and turn them into a song. A song he wasn’t sure he wanted to live out, but needed to try.
Thinking Deeper
Psalm 32:7
You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.
What songs of deliverance do you have?
I read the words of this oh-so-familiar tune and that was the first thought, what are MY songs of deliverance? What were David’s songs of deliverance?
Mine include things like — meals delivered when there was nothing on the table, meeting my man, minor car accidents that forced me to stop, friends who really listened when it was needful, and many more things. God has been so amazing in my life.
How has he been amazing in yours? How has he shown you that he is YOUR hiding place? What songs of deliverance do you have?
This is a song that we sing some. I enjoyed it and when we watched a ballet last week titled Hiding Place (based on the Corrie Ten Boom story) this was a song they used during a part of it. It was beautiful.
oh that would have been rather neat. Though I’m having a hard time imagining a ballet of “the hiding place”