He Will Hold Me Fast

Demo version of the song "He Will Hold Me Fast," uploaded by the songwriter.
Please see www.mattmerkermusic.com for more information, including chord charts, hymn music, and lyric sheets.
Lyrics vv. 1-2: Ada Habershon (1861-1918), Public Domain;
Alt words vv.1-2, lyrics v.3, and music: Matt Merker, © 2013 Getty Music Publishing (BMI) / Matthew Merker Music (BMI)
Demo recorded November 10, 2013 at Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington, DC by Greg Brown and Matt Sanders. Mixed by Greg Brown and Matt Merker.

[@MonteVigh]

As a home church pastor looking for worship videos we can sing to, this is such a great video. 1. No pictures, videos, moving backdrops to distract our attention from God; 2. Words come on screen in time to sing them, again, minimizing distraction from God; 3. The song is in a singable key, also helping to keep our attention on God instead of how to keep changing octaves to try joining in; 4. The sound of the song is a congregation singing, helping us feel like we are part of the body of Christ that is worshipping God, not an audience to performers. It's hard to find videos that put these elements together, so keep up the good work!

[@ChrisDean]

If you're not familiar with it, this is a hymn channel that fits all of your above requirements that we have used in my church and home fellowships often. Enjoy! kzbin.info/door/WgBKBJaM1JNqjAxZL_AzxQ

[@lilypuerto5822]

It's beautiful how every Christian is detailed in every single thing about God!

[@dr.juliemanche1321]

Lit dawg

[@Sarah-hl8td]

@@ChrisDean thank you for that link. :)

[@samichrise5954]

Couldn't say better I'm I missionary pastor who met Matt in person I had encountered him for more.

[@MickiB_Is4916]

Satan hates this song!! It is sabotages his lies. Thank you for posting this beautiful hymn which brings many a soul and spirit such peace and joy, that reminds us of JESUS's faithfulness that we all need, and having loved hymns for so long, I have just disovered! ❤❤❤😂🎉🎉

[@emmagrace8394]

"When I fear my faith will fail, Christ will hold me fast." 💘

[@toplobster1040]

I don't understand what that line means.

[@emmagrace8394]

@@toplobster1040 to be held fast is too be gripped firmly and to remain. The line could be written as "When I am doubtful and falling away, Christ will grip me firmly and will not allow me to stumble." 🙌

[@PeteSkeet06]

my pastor died unexpectedly on january 26th of 2022 and the sunday after he died this song played and i thought that he will hold me fast. my pastors name was GREG STRAWBRIDGE i will very much miss him but he his reigning with the saints.

[@toshamccarty5115]

Visiting this video again at 4:20AM, Thursday morning. Still love it. Posting to keep this in KZbin's records as frequently visited and interacted with in the comments sections.

[@toshamccarty5115]

Love this hymn and the singing, very pretty. Visiting again this Thursday, May 5, 2023.

[@ruthhepp4071]

I pray that I will remember and trust in this truth when I go through dark times.

[@karynsmith4418]

This song is so very powerful to me. Thank you, Matt Merker, for bringing this old hymn to the forefront once again. Your tune is magnificent. Thank you, Mr. Merker, for your willingness to follow His directives and put this song in my heart.

[@toshamccarty5115]

Beautiful. Visiting again to sing along this Wednesday, January 11, 2023.

[@socialmaven3346]

I needed to hear these words. My faith is so weak and I am in a bad place. This gives me some comfort.

[@DMateo2524]

God bless and comfort you.♥️💙🙏

[@TheHearingword]

Sitting outside Ebenezer Coffee shop this evening, enjoying a chai tea, good company, and "He will hold me fast". Grateful for the Lord's gifts and creativity flowing through His people.

[@robertagabor3736]

I thought as I listened to it that it is so soothing and comforting, almost like a lullaby.

[@njerimuriuki7792]

surely Jesus will hold me fast. Help me keep the faith

[@1948julie]

A friend shared these lyrics with me last week. I'd never heard the hymn until then. Praise God for these truths...He will hold me fast!

[@kaembakakompe9567]

Thanks brother. Continue the ministry amongst this electronic 'congregation'. this hymn was my strength when i was in hospital...what a wonderful and faithful God God is.

[@michaeldearth6327]

My favorite version of this song.

[@alihardie]

This has become one of my favourite hymns of all time. Thank you! :)

[@pennyholgate1753]

Jesus Will Hold Me Fast!😁🙏💕Amen!Thank You For sharing this old great Hymn.Today a lot of Churches don't sing the great hymns as much.To which makes me sad😪They need to be sung more often.

[@rhyfelwrDuw]

Half way through 2021 and lockdowns etc really need this truth to permeate my soul!! Thanks for posting this!

[@sandyhess3477]

We love singing this song at our church. We sing it a little slower, but either tempo "works". The words and melody evoke worship. Thank you for your work on this, and for sharing.

[@ChertineP]

I heard this yesterday for the first time at a funeral, and it is such a blessing. Thank you for your changes, and for “releasing it into the wild” to bless the whole body of Christ!

[@lyndaweingart3996]

What a beautiful hymn! I never heard it before!

[@bloombloom271]

Thank you

[@lu.schnei57-58]

One of my all time favorites...chock-full of the gospel. ❤️😃

[@kendrabuhler4825]

Thank you for finding these lyrics and writing music to make them easier to sing along to. This song has meant a lot to me the past few months.

[@augclaris]

Beautiful song which I sang yesterday for the first time! Hope it won't be the last :) He Will Hold Me Fast! Hallelujah!

[@CharlesAlvarenga88]

Going to lead this song at my church on Sunday. I can’t wait! I’ve been listening to this song for a week straight. P.S. Thank you for providing free charts on your website.

[@johnpatterson6205]

This song is a great comfort and a reminder of His promise in Matthew 28:20.

[@toshamccarty5115]

Love it! Very beautiful, thank you for sharing! I heard Alistair Begg on Truth for Life repeat the words of this hymn and it resonated with my heart that I wrote it down intending to look it up if I could to learn. It's a great reminder of God's love, especially when we are so low in spirit. It's not in us, but it's in Him that we stand and can trust. Amen!

[@Bacallz]

I needed to hear this this week. Praise God!

[@refreshholidays6492]

oh what a blessed glorious thought. I am so ever grateful....

[@CharlotteRyerson]

Such a powerful song and amazing melody, Matt! I usually don't like the contemporary melodies as much as the old ones but this is so suited to the lyric and brings me into worship of our great God who will hold us fast!!! May God bless you, talented brother!

[@masotapi]

@susan cyberhymnal.org/htm/h/w/hwilhold.htm :-)

[@aardvark1956]

Charlotte Ryerson There is a page on this song on the Getty Music website (format won’t copy the url on iPhone)😕, but I think you can look it up. Got that info from Matt Merker’s cover, if you wanna look it up. It IS related to some older hymns which I recognized in it as soon as I heard it. One is God is on My Side, Eric Liddell’s favorite.

[@Weatherbyhousechurch]

Wonderful Uplifting Doctrinally Correct Song. God Bless

[@standardnnn6064]

Thank you Matt for your contribution to this hymn.

[@aardvark1956]

Thank you very much! I love the bit of a cappella (always like it) at the end. Perfect laid back accompaniment to focus on the lyrics.

[@jychoi4]

Thank you for sharing it! He will hold me fast

[@shaylanewlife]

Something about this song gives me chills 💙🥲

[@rebeckastensberg2969]

Lois Blake - Thanks for your help now I understand ☺️ Shalom

[@kerstinmclean2231]

This blessed me so much! Thank you.

[@obedhaokip3891]

Glory to be the LORD our God

[@paulinecunningham2492]

I love this song

[@beulaho]

God bless you!

[@heartsaj57]

One of my favorites

[@lindalewis8769]

We lost some one in our fam moses lewis it warms my hart

[@nathangrady5629]

great song

[@erickimatu2082]

For my love is often cold, He must hold me fast.

[@relodinge]

THANK YOU, LORD!!!

[@rillyrichard9575]

He will hold me fast

[@davidthibaudeau2040]

He indeed will hold me fast

[@denieneclarke1445]

Amen

[@rebeckastensberg2969]

I love this song. I am a young Teenage girl who is Jewish but I love Jesus Christ. Pray for my family please. Can anybody help me with the words ""Hold Me Fast"" what does it mean any way?? To my understanding I think it means He will keep me strong. Am I wrong or right??

[@TheLoisblake]

Rebecka Stensberg it means Jesus will hold tight to us when we have no strength to hold on to him. Hold fast =hold tight. Shalom.

[@TheLoisblake]

Rebecka Stensberg also it's a reminder that we can do nothing to gain our salvation. Christ does it all. He saves us and he keeps us. We don't do the saving or the keeping.

[@paulinecunningham2492]

he will hold me fast

[@jacobnewton3816]

❤️

[@gracenmercy579]

❤❤❤

[@aliceclegg1267]

Powerful song, thank you so much for sharing it! I see the link to the page on your church website no longer exists since your website was updated. Is it still possible to get hold of the sheet music etc?

[@andybous]

Romans 8:31-39

[@jonstewart5117]

Love this song. Where I can I find sheet music for this version?

[@fprider3830]

if this is the demo, where can i find the final version ? :)

[@gabriellameattray9778]

I feel so scared that God won't save me. I hope He does, but I understand if He doesn't

[@karamiller4166]

I recommend that you read the book of John in the Bible. 🙂 The Bible says that anyone can come to Jesus and be saved (John 6:35-40) and that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved (Romans 10:11-13). If you repent of your sin and turn to Him, He WILL save you. I'll pray for you. 🙏

[@bshcro1697]

Please read Jogn 3:16! Jesus said WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH ON HIM WOULD HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. He said in another place that him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. Read Ephesians 2: 8,9, these verses make it clear! You will be saved when you trust that Jesus died on the cross for you and paid for all of your sins. It is as simple as trusting that He took your place and that you trust Him to save you!

[@bshcro1697]

Also a short video that might help you is the Gospel in 4 minutes by Yankee Arnold, it's on KZbin.

[@gabriellameattray9778]

@@bshcro1697 thank you. At the time I wrote this comment I was being spiritually torn apart by Calvinism. Now I know I am saved, God loves me, and God wants all to be saved because He loves all

[@shaywitherstone6588]

There should be a Nightcore of this ;-;

[@MrsTfromAcrossTheSea]

What key is this version in please?

[@karamiller4166]

A

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[@dr.juliemanche1321]

Awesome 👍

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Me too

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