In the darkness we were waiting without hope and without lightTill from heaven you came running; there was mercy in your eyesTo fulfill the law and prophets, to a virgin came the WordFrom a throne of endless glory to a cradle in the dirt ChorusPraise the Father; praise the SonPraise the Spirit, three in oneGod […]
She looked over his shoulderFor vines and olive trees,Marble well-governed citiesAnd ships upon untamed seas,But there on the shining metalHis hands had put insteadAn artificial wildernessAnd a sky like lead. A plain without a feature, bare and brown,No blade of grass, no sign of neighborhood,Nothing to eat and nowhere to sit down,Yet, congregated on its
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Ps 1401 Rescue me, LORD, from evil men.Keep me safe from violent men2 who plan evil in their hearts.They stir up wars all day long.3 They make their tonguesas sharp as a snake’s bite;viper’s venom is under their lips. Throughout the chapter these evil men are called violent and slanderers. It is their thoughts, words,
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