Psalm (May 23) 85

Raise my spirit, O my soul, to such rays of inspiration that I find myself above the realm of rise and fall;
~~rouse my sight, O my soul, to the site of streaming light, past days of shameless waste and the dark hunger of night.

Lift my innocence, O my soul, like a windborne seed;
~~begin an air of wonder in newfound life, O my soul, with a wakened planting, like a beaming stand of trees, or a grace of ease to stand on the springborn’s first morning.

Psalm 73

What have I to give, Lord, and what have I to offer?
~~What gifts have I save the favors You have given me?

Your presence moves within me the way spring hyacinths refresh the wind;
~~Your purpose moves me the way the questions of a child at play renew a man’s strength to plow and plant.

Psalm 72

As cycles and seasons restore the nature of the world,
~~so signs and scriptures renew the religion of the Lord;

and the divine is in the man
~~as the tree is in the seed.

Psalm (Be) 84

Be honest, and the Lord will show you truth;
~~be pure, and He will reveal your virtue.

Be content, and He will provide your already-answered prayer;
~~be patient, and He will prepare your saved place before His open door.

Psalm 71

Celebrate your Creator, people of God and children of men;
~~praise the Summoner of Dawn and Decider of the End:

though He is beyond above,
~~He sends pure warmth like the sun;

though He is outside understanding,
~~He sends illumination like a mirror, His Perfect One.