Same with me... though I thoroughly dislike the wimpy soft voiced, slower tempo renditions. In the church in which I was raised, we sang it with gusto, loud and proud.
We all sang it( I still do ), loudly, with gusto, proudly, and with true joy in my heart, too.
It always makes me feel "safe". I can't explain the feeling, but I always feel GOD is with me, whenever I hear or sing it.