A Resource For Daily Prayer

To You I lift up my spirit,
You, who are enthroned in every heart!
For, as the young child holds tightly
the hand of its parent,
As those in the throes of disease
look to one who brings comfort,
So our spirits seek the Heart of love,
that we might find mercy
and forgiveness.

Have mercy on us, Compassionate One,
have mercy, that we might turn from our
blind and ignorant ways.
Too long our souls have been veiled by fear;
have mercy; lead us to the 
path of wholeness.

This beautiful prayer is Nan Merrill's recasting of the traditional wording of Psalm 123 into more contemporary language.  It is found in a wonderful book, "Psalms for Praying", which contains all 150 Psalms recast in the same way.  It is an excellent book for use in prayer devotions.  The book was published by Continuum in 1996.   I commend it to you for your daily devotions.