If I trust myself, and in my strength

I'll be in the desert with nothing to drink

I'll live in the wilderness, so far and so alone

And I won't help myself, so hot and yet so cold

I choose not to lean on my own understanding

I acknowledge you in my ways and you direct me

I'll be like a tree by the river

When I put my trust in you

I'll be like a coal in the fire

When I put my hope in you

If my heart departs and I turn away

Then I will be cursed from the absence of my faith

Lord without your help I'm drowning in the sea

And I won't help myself, I can't move and I can't breathe

I choose not to lean on my own understanding

I acknowledge you in my ways and you direct me

I'll be like a tree by the river

When I put my trust in you

I'll be like a coal in the fire

When I put my hope in you

I choose not to lean on my own understanding

I acknowledge you in my ways and you direct me

I'll be like a tree by the river

When I put my trust in you

I'll be like a coal in the fire

When I put my hope in you