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Abide With Me

By Audrey Assad

1,598 views Jul 10, 2026 updated Verified editorial review

Audrey Assad's rendition of the classic hymn 'Abide with Me' is a prayer for God's constant presence through life's darkest moments. The song acknowledges human frailty, the fading of earthly joys, and the inevitability of change and death. Yet it expresses confidence that with God near, fear, sorrow, and even death lose their power. The lyrics look to the cross and the hope of heaven, where shadows flee. This version stays faithful to the original text by Henry Francis Lyte, emphasizing trust in God's unchanging nature and the comfort of His abiding presence from life through death.

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Abide with me, fast falls the eventide

The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide

When other helpers fail and comforts flee

Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me


Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day

Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away

Change and decay in all around I see

O Thou who changest not, abide with me


I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless

Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness

Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?

I triumph still, if Thou abide with me


Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes

Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies

Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee

In life, in death, o Lord, abide with me

Abide with me, abide with me

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