Hold me in your embrace, Lord;
Make me transparent in your light.
Grant me awareness; keep
My gratitude fresh each day.
Let my song give blessing and insight
To those who can’t see for themselves.
And let your compassion always
Shine forth from the depths of my heart.
–Stephen Mitchell, excerpt from “Psalm 40”, A Book of Psalms: Selected and Adapted from the Hebrew, pg. 24-25
