Petra - You Are My Rock Lyrics






[Based on Psalm 18:1-6, Psalm 31]

Moving through the shadows of uncertainty
Clinging to the words You said
Through my loneliness and fear I long to feel You near
But I hear another voice inside my head

But then the darkness is broken into
By inescapable light from You
I'm never standing alone

You are my rock, my fortress, my shield
You are my rock, let Your strength be revealed
My rock, my comfort, my peace
My salvation, my refuge, my God
You are my Rock

Through the desperate night my soul cries out to You
Longing just to hear Your voice
In the quiet solitude, I sense Your magnitude
I feel the strength that makes my heart rejoice
You are the anchor securing me
I'll never drift on the shifting sea
You are the eye of the storm

Through all the loneliness this world can ever bring
I'll take my refuge in the shadow of Your wing





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  1. C.... W....

    In the time of my brother Timothy wagoner2 passing this is what I remember from our younger years an I love it

  2. s.... ....

    Ah! The days of A sides and B sides of albums. You know something special was coming up when you flipped the record.....

  3. P.... N....

    That’s one of the best riffs I have ever heard! What a song!

  4. G.... R....

    Powerful.

    Research Flat Earth.

  5. H.... D....

    Love this song has been a comfort to me the last couple of months absolutely love it and it's got great truth

  6. H.... S....

    this really motivates me

  7. m.... l....

    I still think after all these years Bob Hartman is one of the greatest guitar players in the world. Especially Christian rock.

  8. M.... B....

    You are my rock. Lord

  9. s.... ....

    I'm an atheist, but I appreciate great heartfelt music, whatever the source. Petra Rocks!

    s.... ....

    soul4saken Same here. Great music is where you find it. I don’t care anything about the message here, but I can still appreciate the musicianship of this fantastic band.

  10. T.... A....

    Cheers PETRA!!

  11. L.... C....

    love it.

  12. d.... ....

    Not a believer anymore, but htis shit got me into Metal/hard rock. God Bless Petra LOL

    d.... ....

    Their is a way that leads to life. His name is Jesus Christ.
    You are just going though a trial that will strengthen you to commit your whole heart to him.
    When you come back to him, and you feel the spirit of Christ in you, you will thank him for this trial.
    I know you will come back, I love you.

    d.... ....

    NOTHING can seprate us from the love of God

  13. R.... B....

    S. John 1:1 The Logos existed in the beginning, the Logos was with God, the Logos was devine

  14. R.... B....

    The corner stone of faith has been forgotten...but it can never be annhialeted

  15. M.... J....

    Brings me back to the glory days of Petra! John belting this song in an arena filled with people praising God, many people coming to Christ. Great days indeed!

    M.... J....

    Mark Jones soooo true!

    M.... J....

    I was at the concert with you!

    M.... J....

    @RangerCJ I went all the way back through my comments to find this...I couldn't remember when or where I commented on a Petra video,. Total classic! That was an amazing night. I still have my pictures. Greenville, the old Memorial Auditorium!

  16. B.... ....

    Looking back, and even now, it's amazing to see how Godly, scriptural and encouraging these lyrics are. What an extremely powerful song.

  17. M.... W....

    Best Christian Rock band ever.

  18. J.... W....

    Man I love Petra all time favorite Christian band

  19. M.... A....

    Awesome song, indeed.

  20. j.... J....

    Happy Easter as He's Risen Indeed in 2016!!!

  21. M.... G....

    This brings back memories of when i was a teenage born again christian - some good times - but it also brings back very bad and at times traumatic memories of pastors and other bigoted biased small minded judgemental so called people of god !! free thinking is not something people of faith are capable of. if they think something is wrong then it is wrong against god and satanic and they will use scripture against you to their own point of view.

    M.... G....

    MARK GLADSTONE God gave you a great mind. Follow in Jesus ways. Live like he dose. Nobody can tell you your wrong if all you do is help people and be kind. And take the extra step to help your enemies. God bless you

  22. J.... D....

    Atheist journey being Lesbian is sin against GOD he made Men to love Female and Females to love Males not 2 Females and 2 Males if so God himself would be Gay but because he s not why put it there the Truth of yours is Deceptive by Satan read Leviticus about it get saved and know jesus Time is running out satan was Gay not God.

    J.... D....

    +MARK GLADSTONE Bro I know this string of comments is a little outdated, but I wanted to apologize for the other guy. I'm not sure if Satan has a sexual affiliation... The bible does say marriage is between a man and a woman, but we'll love you all the same. The bible states all sin is equal in God's eyes, no single one will send you to Hell. Love God and your neighbor, and believe Jesus died so we wouldn't be all messed up and you're good to go.

    J.... D....

    but still 2 people of the same sex does not belong together if so GOD would approve it read Leviticus if a Man lay with Mankind he shall not Also lay with A woman . you will go to hell if u do not repent . where does it say in the Bible that 2 of the same sex go to Heaven ?. listen to the song by whiteheart once and for All. and Greg voltz on bended kness.

    J.... D....

    +The Saturated Squid Hi and thank you, you do not need to apologise for the other gentleman he has his views and i have mine - i did say that i respected his/her faith all i was asking for was a scriptoral reference to his/her statement that satan is gay and he /she could not provide one , and i am sorry to say this but god does not see all sins as equal if you wish to have an honest answer private message me . thank you for your opinion .

    J.... D....

    +MARK GLADSTONE I for the life of me can not figure out how to private message you. Basically all I want to say is that if Jesus is capable of washing away every one of our sins on the cross, then it basically is all the same. Whether it be murder or lying, he'll take it all the same

    J.... D....

    CHRISTIAN JOY

    "Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing" (Job 8:21).

    What is glorifying God, but a rejoicing at that glory he has displayed? An understanding of the perfections of God, merely, cannot be the end of the creation; for he had as good not understand it, as see it and not be at all moved with joy at the sight.

    Neither can the highest end of creation be the declaring God’s glory to others; for the declaring God’s glory is good for nothing otherwise than to raise joy in ourselves and others at what is declared.

    God is glorified not only by his glory’s being seen, but by its being rejoiced in. When those that see it delight in it, God is more glorified than if they only see it.

    God made the world that he might communicate, and the creature receive, his glory . . . both [with] the mind and the heart. He that testifies his having an idea of God’s glory [doesn’t] glorify God so much as he that testifies also his approbation [i.e., his heartfelt commendation or praise] of it and his delight in it.

    My point is that passionate and joyful admiration of God, and not merely intellectual apprehension, is the aim of our existence. If God is to be supremely glorified in us it’s critically essential that we be supremely glad in him and in what he has done for us in Jesus.

    This is Christian Joy. Enjoying God is not a secondary, tangential endeavor. It is central to everything we do. We do not do other things hoping that joy in God will emerge as a by-product.

    Our reason for the pursuit of God and obedience to Him is precisely the joy that is found in Him alone. To come to God or to worship Him or to yield to His moral will for any reason other than the joy that is found in who He is.

    All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they all tend to this end. The cause of some going to war, and of others avoiding it, is the same desire in both, attended with different views. And, I believe God purposefully designed us to pursue happiness.

    If a friend says to you, "I really enjoy being with you," you wouldn't accuse him of being self-centered. Why? Because your friend's delight in you is the evidence that you have great value in his heart.

    In fact, you'd be dishonored if he didn't experience any pleasure in your friendship. The same is true of God. If God is the source of our greatest delight then God is our most precious treasure; which makes us radically God-centered and not self-centered. And if we treasure God most, we glorify Him most.

    Does the Bible teach this? Yes. Nowhere in the Bible does God condemn people for longing to be happy. People are condemned for forsaking God and seeking their happiness elsewhere (Jeremiah 2:13). This is the essence of sin. The Bible actually commands us to delight in the Lord (Psalm 37:4).

    Jesus teaches us to love God because our heart is where our treasure is (Matthew 6:21). Paul wants us to believe that gaining Christ is worth the loss of everything else (Philippians 3:8) and the author of Hebrews exhorts us to endure suffering, like Jesus, for the joy set before us (Hebrews 12:1-2).

    Christian Joy is not a contradiction after all. It is desiring the vast, ocean-deep pleasures of God more than the mud-puddle pleasures of lust. God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.

    Our glad-hearted passion for God is exceeded only by God’s glad-hearted passion for God. If the chief end of man is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever, the chief end of God is to glorify God and to enjoy Himself forever!

    What is the pre-eminent passion in God’s heart? What is God’s greatest pleasure? In what does God take supreme delight? I want to suggest that the pre-eminent passion in God’s heart is his own glory.

    God is at the center of his own affections. The supreme love of God’s life is God. God is pre-eminently committed to the fame of his name. God is himself the end for which God created the world.

    Better, still, God’s immediate goal in all he does is his own glory. God relentlessly and unceasingly creates, rules, orders, directs, speaks, judges, saves, destroys and delivers in order to make known who He is and to secure from the whole of the universe the praise, honor and glory of which He and He alone is ultimately and infinitely worthy.

    Praise is the consummation of enjoyment. All enjoyment tends towards praise and adoration as its appointed end. In this way, God’s seeking His own glory and God’s seeking your good converge.

    Your greatest good is in the enjoyment of God. God’s greatest glory is in being enjoyed. So, for God to seek His glory in your worship of Him is the most loving thing He can do for you. Only by seeking His glory pre-eminently can God seek your good passionately.

    For God to work for your enjoyment of Him (that’s His love for you) and for His glory in being enjoyed (that’s His love for Himself) are not properly distinct.

    "Rejoice evermore" (I Thessalonians 5:16).

  23. A.... J....

    Hope this doesn't turn people off to Christian rock, but even after leaving my faith I still love this song! Most Christian music is crap, but Petra is awesome!

    A.... J....

    Thank you for the reply.
    You know, it's funny, I was just thinking about that song when I saw your comment. I looked up the lyrics because I wanted to sing it to myself, and then I looked at your reply and saw that it was about that very song.
    I was thinking about that song because there's this girl that I think I like, but every time I think about her, "I hear another voice inside my head."
    It's the voice of a very bullying (real bullying, not just "witnessing" that I don't like), homophobic relative, saying that it's an abomination, but I've seen him eat bacon-wrapped shrimp many times, and that's a double abomination.
    But I know now that if God is real, that God doesn't make mistakes, and that He's happy that He made me partly lesbian. Petra has given me the strength to listen to God alone, and not the bullies. I finally got up the courage to talk to her because of Petra.
    I'm still dealing with the negative voices, saying that I'm no good and not worth anything, but I finally have the strength to begin being myself, and to fight back against the other voices in my head.
    I know now that if God is real, then He loves me just the way I am, and if I'm missing something, that I'm eventually going to know the truth in my lifetime.
    Thank you for the encouragement. I really appreciate it. That was really good of you. ~peace

    A.... J....

    @Atheist Journey Know that God has awsome love for us until etirnity. I became a believer and shortly after i listened to Petra, because i bought a CD in some Brazilian shop. I will never forget that love and i will asociate Petra with the moment i came to believe, it's stronger then any bullying sjit or people who condemn you. Who is without sins, shall throw the first rock.

    A.... J....

    ONES SAVED ALWAYS SAVED... YOU WERE JUST INTO SOME RELIGIOUS TRIP... YET NOT LOVING AND WORSHIPPING JESUS CHRIST AS GOD AND SAVIOUR...

    A.... J....

    CHRISTIAN JOY

    "Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing" (Job 8:21).

    What is glorifying God, but a rejoicing at that glory he has displayed? An understanding of the perfections of God, merely, cannot be the end of the creation; for he had as good not understand it, as see it and not be at all moved with joy at the sight.

    Neither can the highest end of creation be the declaring God’s glory to others; for the declaring God’s glory is good for nothing otherwise than to raise joy in ourselves and others at what is declared.

    God is glorified not only by his glory’s being seen, but by its being rejoiced in. When those that see it delight in it, God is more glorified than if they only see it.

    God made the world that he might communicate, and the creature receive, his glory . . . both [with] the mind and the heart. He that testifies his having an idea of God’s glory [doesn’t] glorify God so much as he that testifies also his approbation [i.e., his heartfelt commendation or praise] of it and his delight in it.

    My point is that passionate and joyful admiration of God, and not merely intellectual apprehension, is the aim of our existence. If God is to be supremely glorified in us it’s critically essential that we be supremely glad in him and in what he has done for us in Jesus.

    This is Christian Joy. Enjoying God is not a secondary, tangential endeavor. It is central to everything we do. We do not do other things hoping that joy in God will emerge as a by-product.

    Our reason for the pursuit of God and obedience to Him is precisely the joy that is found in Him alone. To come to God or to worship Him or to yield to His moral will for any reason other than the joy that is found in who He is.

    All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they all tend to this end. The cause of some going to war, and of others avoiding it, is the same desire in both, attended with different views. And, I believe God purposefully designed us to pursue happiness.

    If a friend says to you, "I really enjoy being with you," you wouldn't accuse him of being self-centered. Why? Because your friend's delight in you is the evidence that you have great value in his heart.

    In fact, you'd be dishonored if he didn't experience any pleasure in your friendship. The same is true of God. If God is the source of our greatest delight then God is our most precious treasure; which makes us radically God-centered and not self-centered. And if we treasure God most, we glorify Him most.

    Does the Bible teach this? Yes. Nowhere in the Bible does God condemn people for longing to be happy. People are condemned for forsaking God and seeking their happiness elsewhere (Jeremiah 2:13). This is the essence of sin. The Bible actually commands us to delight in the Lord (Psalm 37:4).

    Jesus teaches us to love God because our heart is where our treasure is (Matthew 6:21). Paul wants us to believe that gaining Christ is worth the loss of everything else (Philippians 3:8) and the author of Hebrews exhorts us to endure suffering, like Jesus, for the joy set before us (Hebrews 12:1-2).

    Christian Joy is not a contradiction after all. It is desiring the vast, ocean-deep pleasures of God more than the mud-puddle pleasures of lust. God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.

    Our glad-hearted passion for God is exceeded only by God’s glad-hearted passion for God. If the chief end of man is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever, the chief end of God is to glorify God and to enjoy Himself forever!

    What is the pre-eminent passion in God’s heart? What is God’s greatest pleasure? In what does God take supreme delight? I want to suggest that the pre-eminent passion in God’s heart is his own glory.

    God is at the center of his own affections. The supreme love of God’s life is God. God is pre-eminently committed to the fame of his name. God is himself the end for which God created the world.

    Better, still, God’s immediate goal in all he does is his own glory. God relentlessly and unceasingly creates, rules, orders, directs, speaks, judges, saves, destroys and delivers in order to make known who He is and to secure from the whole of the universe the praise, honor and glory of which He and He alone is ultimately and infinitely worthy.

    Praise is the consummation of enjoyment. All enjoyment tends towards praise and adoration as its appointed end. In this way, God’s seeking His own glory and God’s seeking your good converge.

    Your greatest good is in the enjoyment of God. God’s greatest glory is in being enjoyed. So, for God to seek His glory in your worship of Him is the most loving thing He can do for you. Only by seeking His glory pre-eminently can God seek your good passionately.

    For God to work for your enjoyment of Him (that’s His love for you) and for His glory in being enjoyed (that’s His love for Himself) are not properly distinct.

    "Rejoice evermore" (I Thessalonians 5:16).

    A.... J....

    We might leave our faith but it never leaves us. Keep tugging at our heartstrings and conscience. Constantly. Petra is awesome. Hands down! Love Guardian too.

  24. R.... d....

    ROCK  N  ROLL  JESUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

  25. J.... E....

    This is my favorite song on the album. I got the album when it came out in '87. In fall of '88 I started college while many spiritual battles were going on in my life. I leaned on this song pretty hard as I waited for what seemed like an eternity before the "On Fire" album came out near the end of '88. So good to hear it again.

    J.... E....

    Me too. In fact may be my favourite Petra track across all albums.

  26. N.... F....

    You can't trust your feelings
    They can deceive you
    They can tell you everything's alright
    with the Lord, when it's not.
    And they can tell you that things are terribly wrong
    with the Lord, when things are really great with the Lord.
    Our feelings are so influenced by our circumstances,
    And Satan likes to use both our feelings and circumstances 
    against us, against us to destroy us.
     
             Feelings Lyrics

    Words and Lyrics: Dave Eden y Joe Grier
    Chorus: Martin Luther (1483-1546)

    (Chorus)
    Feelings come and feelings go
    But feelings are deceiving
    I'll place my faith in the Word of the Lord
    Nothing else is worth believing

    Been on this roller coaster too many days
    Riding in a circus of emotion
    I get up on the high wire
    Then down in the lion's cage
    My feelings have been ruling my devotion
    I feel like a strong man, I feel like a clown
    I let my feelings push me up and down
    Who can help me off this merry-go-round
    And tell me what is real? Can I trust what I feel?

    Peanuts and popcorn and I'm feeling okay
    I get excited when the dancing bear dances

    N.... F....

    that's so true what you said

  27. S.... B....

    la rompe petra con estee temononon

  28. T.... K....

    You've earned a subscriber my friend! Thanks for the Great quality music! :)

  29. L.... B....

    Of all of Petra's amazing songs, and there are so many, this has always been my favorite. I gain so much encouragement from this song.

  30. 1.... ....

    I did NOT think I would find these songs... let alone good loud quality!!! TYTYTY :)

  31. S.... R....

    There are times when I am crushed, withered and flattened by life. Then I lay on the rock which gives me life.

  32. M.... ....

    i used to listen to this when i was watching parts of myself i didn't know were chaff get blown away. it's amazing how much a person will back away and conform to society when there's no Rock under them. it's equally amazing how much flak you catch when you're not allowed to bob and weave.

  33. m.... ....

    ROCK ~ On ! ! ! t <:

  34. B.... S....

    Wow. This song reminds me so much of my mother.

  35. S.... ....

    Thanks ! for up-loadng all these Great Petra songs

  36. Z.... C....

    God is the only rock in this quicksand world. He is the eye of the storm. Amen

  37. D.... ....

    ah man... I could listen to this all day

  38. R.... ....

    BUT THEN THE DARKNESS IS BROKEN IN TWO (D-D-D-DUH-DUH-DUH!)

  39. M.... ....

    I part of a ministry team of life groups and this song is part of the first one. Pray for us, we start in 2 weeks.

  40. v.... ....

    written by John & Dino Elefante

  41. J.... R....

    great song.mad nostalgia

  42. J.... J....

    I remember getting this album when it first came out...... classic!

  43. D.... S....

    This is by far my favorite song of all time of all songs.... Every time I hear I get a shock through my veins. Great words.... PETRA has Carried me through some tough times, Jesus has become my Lord through PETRA. PRaise GOD and HIS Love for US Jesus!!

  44. S.... D....

    Petra really started to kick ass when the Elefante brothers took over.

  45. C.... ....

    Petra's music that they use to preach about god is like, Boom In Your Face!

  46. D.... R....

    Hallelujah God is great

  47. R.... R....

    great song...i love PETRA

  48. J.... M....

    I LOVE THIS SONG! WOOAAAAAHHH!

  49. T.... D....

    My favorite petra song

  50. E.... J....

    AMEN !!

  51. J.... ....

    There Message Is Sent And Received Clearly To All People!! We Need More Of This!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  52. s.... ....

    Great Song, one of the best beginings I have ever heard!