Psalm 5: Coming Home


Are you listening, Lord?
Can you hear my stifled sobs?
I am lost, searching in the dark.
Call me towards you.
Open my ear to hear your voice.

From the moment I wake
I cling to you,
before my troubles can get a grip on me.

I’m moving in with you, almighty God,
before evil can take me hostage.
There is no room in your house
for anything false or cruel.
You throw away lies,
you reject violence.
I want only to come closer to you.
I leave at the door
everything that pulls me away from you -
all my failings and fallings,
my deceptions and rebellion.
I want only to come closer to you.

Lead me into your innermost room.
Draw me in the intimacy of awe
until I know you more
and all that I am is held in you.
Then will I sing for joy!

And I will know that I am not alone;
I am in the company of friends
in your house of love and praise,
covered with your favour,
shielded by your blessing.

I am coming home.   

​Psalm 5: Sing for joy

Hide inside the Lord God,
come into his glory
and you will sing for joy
dance with delight
and rest safe under his covering.