A PSALM

The Lord hath brought me into the House of Darkness; by
.......stealth hath the Lord drawn me into Night.

I beheld blackness that encompassed me; mine eyes were
.......darkened in the house of darkness.

There came into my nostrils the scent of a great river; even
.......of a river that boileth secretly under the palm-trees.

I lifted mine head, and behold, the Lord stood forth in the
.......blackness.

As a pillar of fire shone the Lord; as a devil that whirleth in
.......the wilderness of sand.

The Lord hath veiled Himself in purple; the Lord hath ex-
.......alted himself in manifestation.

The Lord went before me into the darkness; the Lord hewed
.......Him a way into the forest of Night.

The Glory of the Lord was as the sunrise upon black moun-
.......tains; the Lord shone forth as the full moon on the dark river.

Then went I forth into the city, praising the Lord; I cried
.......aloud in my joy, I made songs unto the Lord, the living
.......God.

I will follow the Lord all the days of my life, and in the hour
.......of my death let the Lord lead me into the House Ever-
.......lasting.

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