Monday, March 9, 2015

Song of Stairs






Jerusalem is built like a city
that is closely compacted together.
That is where the tribes go up,
the tribes of the LORD,
to praise the name of the LORD
according to the statute given to Israel.
Psalm 122:3-4



Father,

Watch over our frame,
the temple you dwell
this body our home
this sinew and bone,
lest left to ourselves
to labor in vain
use stubble and hay
chaff in the wind--blown away,
then wake up to wonder
what happened today.


Watch over our cities,
the souls that swell
descendants on loan
the tribes of our own,
lest left to ourselves
to labor in vain
water with worry
dilute the trek--live the flurry,
then wake up to wonder
what was the hurry.


Watch over our walls
our life citadel
our heart enthrone
your peace to own
lest left to ourselves
to labor in vain
with mortar of man
like Babel's tower-reaching sky,
then wake up to wonder
just how did we die?
                  L.Paddock


Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.
May those who love you be secure.
Psalm 122:2



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1. Psalm 119:13
2. 1 Peter 3:18



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