PRAYER Tune: Aravah (Hebrew)
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When I see my life ever is torn
And loved ones violated
And my failures are daily reborn
Then sorrow with heaven is weighted | Yet I can gladly em-brace every hour
And praise God’s inequity
I can sing of my blessings that shower
My joy inexpressible be. | Now here I stand battered to and fro
The chaos within yet surrounding
I cry out my want and the lack that I know
And power from with- out feel uplifting. | The weight of the world on my shoulders I bear
I echo the voices that cry
The path of Mankind with my agony bent
And my God I’ll fight on ‘til I die. |
And Psalm 13
PSALM 13
Tune: Five Hundred Miles
How long, O Lord, wilt thou quite forget me?
How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
How long must I suffer anguish in my soul,
grief in my heart, day and night?
How long shall my enemy lord it over me?
Look now and answer me, O Lord my God.
Give light to my eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death,
lest my adversary say, "I have overthrown him,"
and my enemies rejoice at my downfall.
But for my part I trust in thy true love.
My heart shall rejoice, for thou hast set me free.
I will sing to the Lord, who has granted all my desire.