Lyrics
Keep me hungry for daily manna,
Oh I need you, Bread of Life
Keep me thirsty for living water,
Cause nothing else can satisfy
Keep me falling on my knees in need of mercy
Keep me broken til I'm desperate for your love
And even in the midnight hour before you answer
Keep me lost for words to praise you enough
Keep me praying, keep me trusting
Show me I can't make it any other way
Keep me praying, Lord I'm just saying
Keep me coming back to you, Lord, every day
Keep me falling on my knees in need of mercy
Keep me broken til I'm desperate for your love
And even in the midnight hour before you answer
Keep me lost for words to praise you enough
I need thee Oh I need thee
Every hour I need thee
Keep me falling on my knees in need of mercy
Keep me broken till I'm desperate for your love
And even in the midnight hour before you answer
Keep me lost for words to praise you enough
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Meaning & Inspiration
Keep Me is framed as a sustained prayer for dependence on God. Images of daily manna, the Bread of Life, and living water express a hunger and thirst that ordinary substitutes cannot satisfy. The requests to remain prayerful, trusting, and aware of mercy reject spiritual self-sufficiency. Even the midnight wait before an answer becomes part of the prayer, since the singer asks to keep returning to God each day.
The language closely echoes John 6:35, where Jesus identifies himself as the bread of life and promises satisfaction to those who come to him. Its appeal for living water also recalls John 4:14. The brief quotation from the hymn ‘I Need Thee Every Hour’ reinforces the same confession of continual need. Rather than asking for an easy life, the song asks for a posture of humility: kneeling for mercy, persevering before an answer arrives, and finding adequate praise difficult to express.
Related Scripture
- John 6:35 Jesus identifies himself as the bread of life who satisfies hunger and thirst.
- John 4:14 Jesus describes the water he gives as a spring leading to eternal life.
- Psalm 42:1-2 The psalm compares desire for God with thirst for water.