Help me to be still in Your presence
Quiet my heart, Quiet my spirit
Let my heart be satisfied
For all my life
You’ve been good
Even in my darkest days
You’ve always stayed
You’re so good
Faithful friend
It’s who you’ve been
So remind me Lord, when I forget
I will be still and know
I will be still and know
I will be still and know
That your presence is all that I need it’s enough
Even in my sleepless nights
You've seen you fight for me
Picking up the broken things
You breathe me back to life
Let my heart never forget
The goodness of God
Let my heart never forget
The land you brought me from
How you opened my eyes
You’ve given me life
Now I’m forever satisfied
How could I ever forget
How could I ever forget
I will be still and know
I will be still and know
Be Still And Know
Song Meaning
Housefires and DOE's “Be Still And Know” is a prayer for quiet and not an announcement of it. The first lines ask, “Help me to be still in Your presence / Quiet my heart, quiet my spirit,” and the chorus turns the request into a vow, “I will be still and know,” sung over and over until the phrase carries the room. The line that follows it is the point: “Your presence is all that I need, it's enough.”
Between those returns, the verses count what has been learned over years. “Even in my darkest days / You've always stayed” and “Even in my sleepless nights” name specific kinds of difficulty, and “You breathe me back to life” says what God did in them. The pre-chorus “Faithful friend, it's who You've been” asks to be reminded, since the singer admits forgetting is the real danger. “Let my heart never forget / The goodness of God” is the plea at the center of the bridge.
Psalm 46:10, “Be still, and know that I am God,” gives the song its title and refrain. The bridge's “forever satisfied” lines are close to Psalm 107:9, which says God satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.