Lyrics
Chorus
Lord, keep me day by day,
in a pure, and perfect way.
I want to live, I want to live on
in a building not made by hand.
Verse 1
I'm just a stranger here,
traveling through this barren land.
Lord, I know there's a building somewhere,
in a building not made by hand.
Verse 2
Lord, keep my body strong
so that I can do no wrong.
Lord, give me grace just to run this Christian race
to a building not made by hand.
Credits & Song Information
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
“Lord Keep Me Day by Day” is sung live by Albertina Walker at a gospel reunion. It is a short prayer in three parts. The chorus asks the Lord to keep the singer day by day in a pure and perfect way and says that the singer wants to live on in a building not made by hand.
The first verse describes the singer as a stranger here, traveling through a barren land, who knows there is a building somewhere that no human hands have made. The second verse asks for the body to be strong so that no wrong is done, and for grace to run the Christian race toward that same building.
The imagery is close to 2 Corinthians 5:1, which speaks of a building from God not made with hands, Hebrews 11:13 on strangers and pilgrims on earth, and Hebrews 12:1 on running the race. The song is brief, plain and prayerful, and its repeated line keeps attention on the hope of heaven.
Related Scripture
- 2 Corinthians 5:1 A building from God, a house not made with hands
- Hebrews 11:13 Strangers and pilgrims on the earth
- Hebrews 12:1 Run with endurance the race set before us