I know I promised a post about the chore chart I bought the other day. It's coming. But I realized today that I had an assignment due at midnight--to write two original 'psalms,' one a psalm of lament and one a psalm of praise. So I thought I would post the lament tonight and the praise tomorrow. It was a super fun assignment, and I loved getting to step into the voice of the psalmists, who composed one of my all-time favorite books of the Bible. It's hard to live up to the standard set by the Holy Spirit, but I did my best. =)
How long, O Lord,
Will You sit silent on Your holy mountain?
How long will You hear the cries of Your children
And turn away?
You fill the earth, O Lord;
No corner of the heavens is unknown to You.
Your vision plumbs the greatest depths,
And Your ear inclines to the smallest cricket.
Yet Your children weep
And go uncomforted.
The smallest infants stretch their arms for food
And clutch only air.
Evil stalks unchecked throughout Your realm
Strewing violence and torture with no threat of retribution.
Eternal Father, where is the might of Your hand?
Have You withdrawn the shelter of Your shoulders?
Will You turn away from such suffering
And glance not upon these iniquities?
Delay no longer, Lord!
Stretch out Your mighty fist to crush,
Bring forth the whip of righteous vengeance,
And strike these murderous tormenters down.
Deliver Your children, Lord,
That Your name may be feared among the nations,
And the unprotected may take shelter under Your wing.
Bring painful justice to these transgressors,
That the world may exalt Your holy Name.
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