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Psalm 130: The Dawn Psalm
Sleep eludes me. Alright alright - I’m awake alone in a dark still world might as well get up and attend to the stirrings of the heart Join me, Lord, I can’t do this without you I can’t make sense of the swirling deep and nameless longing cry lonely need Out of the depths I cry to you In the dark I wait for you though waiting never came easy waiting is the hardest work holding the seething mess long enough … Lord, may I hold long enough for you to break through and contain me A little light, a dull grey hovers in the air I look up, a fleck of pink disappears, then a smudge of blush I turn around and colour overwhelms me hope rises with the sun in that moment when all is magnificence before everything becomes ordinary again O my soul, revere the Lord reveal his power, be remade in his love steadfast love, new every morning. |
Psalm 130: Wait for the Lord
(almost 'straight' Biblical text formatted for congregational response) Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord – Hear my voice, Lord I call to you for mercy - Open your ears, Lord If you keep count of all our sins, Who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, and so we honour you. I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope. More than watchmen wait for the morning my soul waits for the Lord. Here is our hope – in the steadfast love of the Lord, and his great saving power. God alone will save us from all our failings. Psalm 130: Out of the depths
I cry out to you, O God I’m in too deep, I’m out of my depth Save me! I wait for you, O God The night is long, too long and I wait for the light of dawn. I hope in you, O God for your love breaks through - great power to save, great power to save! |