The Timeless And The Temporary

orchidee



Tune: Richmond

('Fill thou my life, O Lord my God')

Psalm 103 v.13-17

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Like as a father to children

The Lord them pities then

They that fear Him, show reverence

Respecting His presence

 

For He does know our human frame

And each of us by name

He remembers that dust we are

He who made furthest star

 

As for mankind, their days shall be

As grass, not lastingly

And as a flower of the field

Flourishing with short yield

 

For the wind passes over it

Then it is gone, each bit

And the place where mankind was shall

Be no more, thus we tell

 

But the mercy of the Lord be

From everlasting, see

And to everlasting upon

They that fear Him, each one

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: February 19th, 2023 03:29
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem 8.6.8.6. format. A bit of a funereal theme. Man here today, gone tomorrow. Or as I'm millions of years old, for me it's 'the day after tomorrow'!
  • Category: Spiritual
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Comments3

  • Neville


    in the end, I guess only time will tell 🙂

    • orchidee

      Thanks N.

    • Bella Shepard

      Our time is fleeting, best we do it well. Good write Orchi.

      • orchidee

        Thanks Bella.

      • Goldfinch60

        Good one Orchi.

        • orchidee

          Thanks Gold.



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