When the Son Rises

A modern-day psalm

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Why, O my soul, do you despair?
Why do you despair and retreat to the shadows
Like a wildman after dining on the flesh
Of demons?
You barely recall the beauty of serenity;
Even the song of birds brings forth sorrow.

Has your memory turned blank?
Have you forgotten who you are,
Whose you are?
From whom does your next breath come,
Or who gave you your next moment?
Who has sustained your very life through the
Presence of evildoers?
And who has led your way through the Valley
Of Death and Sin?
Who secured you in the palms of His hands?

                                                                                                             Selah

I feel the darkness of sin surrounding me,
And though I trust in grace,
Encouragement escapes me.
Have I not tried standing in Your presence?
Have I not attempted to walk where You lead?

Instead of eagles, today I am carried by young lions
Leeching life off of them, though they
Know it not.
Father, O Lion of Judah, have mercy!
For my soul is willing but trapped by flesh, and my life fades from me by night.
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                            Selah

Lead me through the night, for its end is near.
If life escapes me at night,
Then I will stand once again...
When the Son rises.