Inspired by Psalm 140
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Oh, Refuge of Hearts Shrunken to the Gravest Indifferences!
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And Good People the Width of Mountains Reduced to Earth in Early Graves!
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You are a saving G-d.
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You would insist we take up your mantle now
and save us.
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But especially
those made most vulnerableÂ
by us!
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Save them first and last.
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Yes
Rescue us from the Evil Man
and this Evil Time.
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But if You canÂ
(We can)
too.
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Rescue us from the lips that slip
The battles of dimmed wits
And the self-righteousnessÂ
that speaks too lateÂ
Too oftenÂ
and only of ourselves.
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And spur us
from deep pits andÂ
hollow bodies teeming with the resigned darkness of immovable coal
that we
return to You.
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Taking upÂ
the tears of the poorÂ
and raising upÂ
the empty palms of the needy.
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That we learn for Your Sake
What it means to make right.
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And finally, in your name
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Dwell
Live and
Pray.
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To overthrowÂ
the false god of hate
For he is just a man.
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And we can no longer wait.
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For the sake of all the living
Amen.
