Near and far,
As I am an enemy to myself.
Does my foe need even try?
In the shelter of your wing
Oh God, I see rest; yet choose defeat.
How the highest mountain is climbedand
lo, how the lowest valley reached
by the smallest blowing wind.
Who am I oh Savior that I am not defeated,
Or that I am not vanished in thy twinkling?
Disgust me not oh narrow mind!
See even how the beasts step back,
they step back because of my sin.
Who am I God Almighty,
For I cannot turn even away from myself?
Am I yours?
If the light within me is Your light,
Then why is my light that shines forth so dark?
Is it not true that my salvation is turned carnal
When I fear not thy commands, nor fear thy punishment!
To my shame, my character is built in secret
When I have nothing to prove to others but You;
Oh how I still fail.
Let not my sins bring shame to those around me.
May I, and I alone, bear the consequences.
May I be renewed to move on.
Oh God you are righteous and Just.
When I fail, You remain in faith.
When I turn away,
You hold out Your hand to Guide.
Oh may I never forget.
You, Oh God, are the lover of my soul
In whom I am to delight.
Let not myself triumph over me.
To you my God, I lay my life.
In the shelter of Your wing;
In the hollow of Your hand.
Amen.
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