Tune: Slane
('Be thou my vision')
Isaiah 40 v.12-18
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Who has measured the waters in his hand?
And measured out heaven, and too every land?
Who has calculated the dust of the earth?
Weighed out mounts and hills? The Lord, give Him His worth
Who has directed Spirit of the LORD sure?
Who has been His counsellor, taught Him things pure?
What humans did He seek to counsel Him, guide?
No one, for He the LORD, none compares beside
Who has taught Him of judgement and justice?
Or taught Him knowledge? Saying, Right way is this
Who has showed Him the way of understanding?
He ne'er dependent on anything we bring
Behold, the nations are counted as drop
In a bucket, let all pride, arrogance stop
For they are counted as small dust of the scales
Islands very little, yet His power ne'er fails
Cedars of Lebanon, though strong and tall
You not suffice to burn, offer to Him all
Nor all beasts of Old Covenant sacrificed
In burnt offerings, His greatness not sufficed
All nations before Him counted nothing
They less than nothing, and vain in everything
To whom then will you liken God? He be great
Omnipotent, reigning in splendorous state
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Author:
orchidee (
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- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 10.11.11.11. metre.
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Glad you mentioned omnipotence. Omni potent - having unlimited power and potential. Now if i mention the suffering your god allows to happen to man then you will tell me it is mans doing and also a punishment for crucifixion etc.... yep heard that stuff ... i dont buy it but... what about the terrible agony your god caused when he created insects which lay eggs inside another living being so that the hatchlings may eat the host alive from the inside?
Doesn't quite add up to the omnipotent god of love which you like to think exists does it?
If your god created that, then who in their right mind would want to worship him/her/it. That isn't a kind loving god of goodness.
Surely some being/person/thing must be omnipotent?
Yep but more fool anyone who worships the way christians do...... oh thank you for hurting maiming and killing us
I like a heart that can believe in something! I've missed you Orchie!
Lorna, dont go thinking that disbelief in the man made religions means no belief at all please. A man made religion which is full of contradictions and relies upon fear of god instilled by dubious methods is not above criticism - unless one has become afraid to criticise it.
Thanks Lorna/Dusk. 'Fear' in this sense means awe, respect, reverence; even in old-fashioned sense of 'terrible' It's not the 'afraid' type of fear.
This is digressing - all ya gotta fear in the latter sense is me singing! lol.
Hey Orchidee, i see you saying you need to meet some of these ladies who keep cropping up in mps poetry. Surely that amazing Fido is a magnet attracting the ladies when he takes you for walkies. I bet he has an eye out for you and you're just keeping quiet about these encounters.
Aww, he is a 'guard dog' too. He don't let me meet them lassies! But when I have sneaked off and met some, he barks and won't let me write about them. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. lol.
Is that an order Dusk? Because I don't like being ordered. You are very angry about something I think.
LOL Are you standing to attention? Get your hair cut!
I not taken my pill for the over 40's - or have I? Phyllosan. It fortifies the over-forties, but now I've digressed!
Brian here ~ Thanks for a very uplifting Hymn & Meditation today. There is a complex Universe so there must be a CREATOR and a priori that one Unique Creator must be OMNIPOTENT ! We will never understand the COPLEXITIES of the Food Chains & Food Webs ~ but they work and LIFE GOE ON ~ AMEN !
Love & Joy to You % Fearless Fido
Spirit Love A & B * El Gato Ahumido !!!
Thanks B&A. We've not seen that Gato roudn our way for a couple of days. Hope it's OK at its home.
I must confess, I do struggle with the general Christian conceptualisation of there being a supreme being or entity existing somewhere and or everywhere throughout time and eternity unchanging and perfect ...
Oh' and qualified from the off until whenever to make decisions that judge or determine right from wrong based upon a single personal preference or whim ..
Blimey, not even my Dad bless him was that magnificent ... awesome yes but not godlike ...
Forgive the rant but I suspect that all of those things I just referenced might have influenced my own early decision to favour and follow the more peaceful and balanced way of life advocated within Buddhist teaching and where there is no omnipotent spiritual figurehead ....
I nevertheless have no problem with anyone thinking or believing otherwise ...
... Neville
Thanks Neville. Seems Isaiah gets 'fundamental' here - and there's more to follow!
Good one Orchi.
Thanks Gold.
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