Tuesday, August 19, 2014

quiet


Drink deep, drink deep of quietness,
And on the margins of the sea
Remember not thine old distress
Nor all the miseries to be.
Calmer than mists, and cold
As they, that fold on fold
Up the dim valley are rolled,
Learn thou to be.
~Robinson Jeffers, Song of Quietness

I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
    where does my help come from?
 
My help comes from the Lord,

    the Maker of heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot slip—
    he who watches over you will not slumber;
 
indeed, he who watches over Israel

    will neither slumber nor sleep.
 The Lord watches over you—
    the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
 
the sun will not harm you by day,

    nor the moon by night.
 The Lord will keep you from all harm—
    he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going
    both now and forevermore.
~Psalm 121

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