Psalm 19: God’s Voice

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows Sh 2-106, or S106 for short. This is a compact star forming region in the constellation Cygnus (The Swan). A newly-formed star called S106 IR is shrouded in dust at the centre of the image, and is responsible for the surrounding gas cloud’s hourglass-like shape and the turbulence visible within. Light from glowing hydrogen is coloured blue in this image.
Deep down within my soul there lies
    A nature full of darkened sin,
Yet naught is hidden from your eyes
    Your holy eyes pierce deep within.

And from within me there flows out
    My words and actions that betray
The inner man without a doubt
    Through everything I do and say.

The meditations of my heart
    And words that fall from off my tongue
I hope that both of these take part
    In wisdom and the truth you’ve sung.

You’ve sung your love in deepest space
    That only silent heart can know,
Then holy words you gave our race
    Your inner thoughts through them you show.

The holy words to man you gave
    Should help the words I speak be true
And in my heart should also pave
    A road of thought that pleases you.

This poem is taken from my book A New Song, (Westbow Press, 2016) and can be found online HERE.

Image credit: NASA & ESA, as found on http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1118a/

2 comments

  2. The holy words to man you gave
    Should help the words I speak be true
    And in my heart should also pave
    A road of thought that pleases you.

    Amen. That’s the truth.

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