The Merciful One
(Based on Psalm XXXVI, vv.
5-9)
Lord, unto
the heavens your mercy extends!
To clouds
your great faithfulness rises;
O’er
mountains the hand of your righteousness bends,
O’er
valleys and towns of all sizes.
Your love,
Lord, resembles the heaven’s embrace,
Each
judgment the depths of the ocean.
You lead to
salvation the souls of our race,
Pay heed to
the sighs of creation.
Your great
loving kindnesses, Lord God, abide
Where
children of men toil and swelter!
In darkness
the wing of your love is spread wide –
Beneath its
vast shadow we shelter.
You slake
the soul’s thirst in the desert’s cruel might,
You rescue
the dove sorely frightened –
The fountain
of life is with you, in your light
One day we
shall all be enlightened.
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