WATCH PSALM

WATCH PSALM (for Phillip Keller)

It’s hard for sheep to fall asleep –
They need a Shepherd’s care –
They need a harp or pan-pipe flute –
They need a soothing prayer.

They need the pasture – high and green –
They need the waters pure –
They need His rod and staff to lead –
To rescue – to assure.

They need the oil upon their heads –
They need the dipping bath
To quench the biting pestilence –
They need the balm He hath.

They need the spreading table land –
Protection from the Beast –
When in the shadows of death’s vale –
They need Him – Best and Least.

(31 March 2010, Pleasant Grove)