Are you keeping me?

Are you keeping me? 
by Joel Howard see Job 12, Song of Solomon 7:10, Psalm 23:1

Are you taking me back to hiding? 

Keeping me at proficient? 

Keeping me from richness and stardom

Are you setting limits? 

Are you taking me back

Keeping me for yourself? 

God I love you

God I am true

I came one inch from riches

And one inch from fame

I came one inch further

From where I came

One inch from recognition

And from the public eye

Are you keeping me, Jesus

Close to your side? 

With you are brains and brawn 

You give and you can take

Behold, this is your doing

It is no man's mistake

You take off the belt of the strong

And you make him lame

Behold, this is your doing

It is no man's mistake

What's been dark you can make light

The smart become your fools

God, you withhold the waters

You surely empty pools

When you shut someone in

Or determine his path to take

Behold, it is your doing

It is no man's mistake

Behold, this is your doing

It is no man's mistake

I join with the beasts and the birds of air

The bushes of the earth and the fish to declare

"This is no man's doing, no human can explain

In Your hand is the breath and breadth of everything

In Your hand is the breath and breadth of everything" 

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want

I am his and his desire is for me

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want

This is no man's mistake

Surely you are keeping me here

Though losses I mourn in full

Surely this is no man's mistake

I am subject to you, Lord

Though I am forgotten 

And lose my estate

And lose the very things I claim

The LORD is my keeper, I shall not want

This is no man's mistake

This is no man's mistake