psalm 11

of andrew; to the chief poet in the wilderness of sin    
   
“The loss of psalmody in the church is one of the early indicators of    
the loss of faith.”―Kevin Swanson    
   
invocation    
1 there's bush on every side,    
and i am lost;    
in Jah shall i confide,    
amidst the host    
2 of darkness that consumes    
my heel all night    
and, when the day resumes,    
cuts short my flight. Selah    
   
exultation    
3 tempted much as You were    
in this dark place,    
my wilderness astir    
with every face    
4 of dragon trickery    
and bait of beast,    
i claim the victory    
in You released. Selah    
   
satiation    
5 stone into bread to feed    
my fleshly lust!    
for this let me not plead,    
as though i must    
6 prove You to satisfy    
the serpent's dare:    
in hunger testify    
i of Your care. Selah    
   
ingratiation    
7 snake wants me now to prove    
that i can fly,    
though, for the sake of love,    
my Lord did die.    
8 the pride of life:  what shame,    
should i succumb,    
with but myself to blame,    
lost from the womb! Selah    
   
adoration    
9 snake wants to give me lands    
and seas and skies;    
the place on which he stands:    
lust of the eyes.    
10 but i shall worship God,    
my Lord, alone,    
Whose Holy Staff and Rod    
for sin atone.    
   
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