New Years Psalm

O Merciful and Just Watcher, You take your place in the divine council;
in the realm of conscience, You make yourself known.
You give due warning to those in power:
"How long will you rule with injustice and oppress the poor?
Act with integrity toward the weak and the unfortunate;
Maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute.
Assist the needy and reverence all people's freedom;
Deliver them from the hand of the oppressor."

Arise! Awaken to the new dawn!
Come into the Light; shed darkness like the skin on the snake!
For the foundations of the cosmos are shaking with injustice.

I say, "Within you dwells the Beloved, the Breath of your breath;
Open your heart in the Silence and know the One in the many."

Arise! Join in the new creation!
Let harmony reign among all the nations!

Psalm 42
translation by Nan C. Merrill
Psalms for Praying