I am the LORD your God.
Through grief and despair,
no matter violence or devastation:
I am the LORD your God.
Across the glorious heavens,
in the silent echoing of stars:
I am the LORD your God.
Though the vineyard yields no fruit,
though rocks torment the vine’s roots:
I am the LORD your God.
When justice is sweet as honey,
when injustice festers like a boil:
I am the LORD your God.
Do not break the bread of fear;
daily manna rains from heaven.
Do not pour the cup of bitterness;
the stream bursts from a dry rock.
Draw near to the LORD: be not afraid
of the rolling thunder and loud trumpets
that announce God’s goodness.