Today I’m sharing “He Delights in Me”—a song rooted in Belhaven’s Verse of the Year (2009): Psalm 18:19 — “He led me to a place of safety; He rescued me because He delights in me.”
This one doesn’t pretend life is calm. The lyrics start in a hostile place—waters rising, fear tightening, threats that feel personal. But then the turn: rescue. Safety. Not because I cleaned myself up, got it right, or earned God’s help—but because He delights in me.
So, if you’re feeling unworthy, unseen, or undone—listen close to the bridge: it’s one of my favorites!
– Doug
He Delights In Me | Lyrics
Verse 1
In a hostile place
Devoid of grace
Waters rise to cancel mercy
I am terrified
For cancer hides
Like a stranger deployed to hurt me
Fear won’t let loose
This hangman’s noose
It draws my soul up off the ground
Will breathing end
While ropes ascend
From empty graves to pull me down
Somebody save me
Somebody save me
Chorus
He led me to a place of safety
He rescued me because
I am His delight
He led me to a place of safety
He rescued me because
He delights in me
Verse 2
When He heard my prayer
Angels stopped and stared
All of heaven’s host assembled
With the Lord Most High
Broke through the sky
Every rock and mountain trembled
The smoke and ash
Covered every path
It blurred the air, it made me blind
Grace fell like snow
On dusty roads
Our footprints showed that just in time
Somebody saved me
Somebody saved me
Chorus 2
He led me to a place of safety
He rescued me because
I am His delight
He led me to a place of safety
He rescued me because
He delights in me
Bridge
Even though
I have been unworthy
I have been unfair
I have been untrusting
I’ve been so unprepared
I have been unnoticed
Unfulfilled, unqualified
I have felt unhappiness
So unsatisfied
Undependable, unbendable
Often found unclothed
Unbelieving and uneasy
Even to myself I’m so unknown
Undeserving and unnerving
Undecided, so unkind
Unlawful, unholy
My purpose undefined
I have been unable
Been unstable, been unjust
Unteachable, unreachable
I have totally come undone
No doubt I’ve been unfaithful
But I’ve never, never, never
Been unloved
Chorus 3
He led me to a place of safety
He rescued me because
I am His delight
He led me to a place of safety
He rescued me because
He rescued me because
He rescued me because
He delights in me
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