Psalm 70—Pass the thread of your grace through their tangled hopes until the knot is loosed.

Rendition of Psalm 70

God, hurry. Do not wait another day
To help me. Rush. Hasten.
Fly to me. Scatter back the pack
Of dark dogs that hound around me,
Who seek my life like a treed fox.
Their smiles are all sharp teeth,
Their plans for me glitter in rows
In the open maws of their minds.
Muzzle their mouths and
Round them to heel.

But be a haven for all 
Who come to you for help.
May all who throw themselves
On your salvation like it was 
The last hope they have
Be glad, be graced, be set in place.
For every hangdog day and every
Hunted prayer, give them double back
Of joy, of life, of sudden, surprising, settled peace.
Pass the thread of your grace
Through their tangled hopes 
Until the knot is loosed.
Remember every time they raised pleas to you 
With their faces pressed to the ground. 
Make good their uncounted prayers
You yet numbered and held,
Bated and unforgotten. 

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