Psalm 64:1-2

 

Psalm 64:1-2

Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy. Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the plots of evildoers.

I lift the nations of the world

Into Your care today,

For this world has lost its purpose,

And we have gone astray.

We seem to seek the darkness, Lord,

As it’s the easy course,

Instead of turning to The Light

And its enduring Source.

We seem to let impotent rage

Dictate the path we choose,

While wisdom and compassion are

The course that we refuse.

I know that this path is not new,

The world’s walked it before,

And yet, we stand here once again,

Ignoring what’s in store.

Please set us back upon Your path,

And remind us again

It is to Your ways we should turn,

And not the ways of man.

Psalm 63:2-4

 

Psalm 63:2-4

I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name, I will lift up my hands.

I see You in every new dawn,

And in the stars at night.

I see You in the snow-capped peaks,

Glittering crisp and bright.

I see You in the spring’s new buds

And autumn’s ripe harvest.

I see You in the fresh green grass,

The foam on each wave’s crest.

I see You, Lord, in the kind works

Done in Your perfect name

By those who act in Your spirit

Without credit or fame.

So many seek You first in church,

And, Lord, I do so, too.

But it is in Your creation

That I can best see You.

Psalm 62:5-9

 

Psalm 62:5-9

Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress; I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

We pass through life in just a flash,

A breath, and we are gone,

As generations yet unborn

Forget and carry on.

But He who formed the earth and sky,

Who holds all in His hand,

Is master of each breath and life

That’s born as He has planned.

Yet though we are a passing thought

To all of creation,

He guards us as a precious gift,

A blessing, everyone.

So, I will stand upon His strength

And place my faith in Him

Who knows the names of every star,

Yet loves us more than them.  

I’ll trust the Rock, my strong refuge,

Though my time is a breath,

For His is an eternal love

That redeems lives from death.