I don't know just what I'd do
If the Lord wasn't walking by my side
When I was drifting (when I was drifting on the sea of a despair)
and I was wondering (I was wondering if JHWH's up there)
When Jesus found me, (Jesus found me in my sinful life)
He heard me praying (He heard me praying on my knees at night)
Now I'm singing (Now I'm singing this happy song)
because I'm happy (because I'm happy as I go along)
And I don't know (I don't know) just what I'd do
If the Lord wasn't walking by my side
What would I do, (What would I do when a tear fills my eyes)
what would I do (What would I do when it's my time to die)
Well I'd be lonely, discouraged
Burdened on the way
If the Lord wasn't walking by my side every day
I'd be so friendless (I'd be friendless all alone and blue)
and I'd be helpless (I'd be helpless, wouldn't know what to do)
And I don't know (I don't know) just what I'd do
If the Lord wasn't walking by my side
(What would I do) What would I do when the tears fill my eyes
(What would I do) What would I do when it's my time to die
(I'd be lonely, discouraged, burdened on the way)
If the Lord wasn't walking by my side every day
I'd be so friendless, (I'd be friendless all alone and blue)
I'd be so helpless (I'd be helpless, wouldn't know what to do)
And I don't know (I don't know) just what I'd do
If the Lord wasn't walking by my side every day
If the Lord (wasn't walking) wasn't walking by my side
(wasn't walking by my side)
Vertaling (Fred Omvlee):
Ik zou niet weten wat ik moest
als de Heer niet naast me wandelde.
Toen ik op de golven van wanhoop dreef,
en me afvroeg of God wel bestond,
toen vond Jezus mij, in mijn slechte bestaan,
Hij hoorde mij bidden, s' nachts op mijn knieën.
Nu zing ik, dit vrolijke lied,
want ik ben gelukkig,
en ik zou niet weten wat ik moest,
als de Heer niet naast me liep.
Wat zou ik doen als ik moest huilen?
Wat zou ik doen als ik moet gaan sterven?
Ik zou eenzaam zijn, moedeloos en bezwaard,
als de Heer niet elke dag naast me liep.
Ik zou geen vriend hebben en hulpeloos zijn.