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Thus the Psalmists, in the ardor of their praise, enter the sabbath mind and stand at the center of creation, saying, Behold, it is very good. This is the poet's essential role, as Rilke wrote in a late poem; when the public wonders, But all the violence and horror in the worldhow can you accept it? Rilke's poet says simply, I praise. The praise is addressed to whom? to what? When gratitude wells up through our whole body, we don't even ask. Words such as God and Tao and Buddha-nature only point to the reality that is the source and essence of all things, the luminous intelligence that shines from the depths of the human heart: the vital, immanent, subtle, radiant X. The ancient Jews named this unnamable reality yhvh , that which causes [everything] to exist, or, even more insightfully, ehyh , I am. Yet God is neither here nor there, neither before nor after, neither outside nor inside.
As soon as we say that God is anything, we are a billion light-years away. How supremely silly, then, to say that God is a he or a she. But because English lacks a personal pronoun to express what includes and transcends both genders, even those who know better may refer to God as he. (Lao-tzu, wonderfully, calls him it: There was something formless and perfect before the universe was born. It is serene. Solitary. Solitary.
Unchanging. Infinite. Eternally present. It is the mother of the universe. For lack of a better name, I call it the Tao.) In the following adaptations, I have called God him for lack of a better pronoun. You should, of course, feel free to substitute her if you wish.
Sing to the Lord a new song. My primary allegiance in these psalms was not to the Hebrew text but to my own sense of the genuine. I have translated fairly closely where that has been possible; but I have also paraphrased, expanded, contracted, deleted, shuffled the order of verses, and freely improvised on the themes of the originals. When I disregarded the letter entirely, it was so that I could follow the spirit, wherever it wanted to take me, into a language that felt genuine and alive. The Psalms speak as both poetry and prayer. Some of them are very great poems.
But as prayer, even the greatest poems are inadequate. Pure prayer begins at the threshold of silence. It says nothing, asks for nothing. It is a kind of listening. The deeper the listening, the less we listen for, until silence itself becomes the voice of God.
But they delight in the way things are and keep their hearts open, day and night. They are like trees planted near flowing rivers, which bear fruit when they are ready. Their leaves will not fall or wither. Everything they do will succeed.
Let shallow men pray for ease: Comfort us; shield us from sorrow. I pray for whatever you send me, and I ask to receive it as your gift. You have put a joy in my heart greater than all the world's riches. I lie down trusting the darkness, for I know that even now you are here.
Unnamable God, how terrible is our power on all the earth!
They alone are impartial and worthy of the people's trust. Their compassion lights up the whole earth, and their kindness endures forever.
I have come to the center of the universe; I rest in your perfect love. In your presence there is fullness of joy and blessedness forever and ever.
Like the pupil of the eye protect me; hide me in the shadow of your wings. Cover me with your mercy; rock me to sleep in the dark. And let me, when I awaken, see nothing but the light of your face.
In them is a path for the sun, who steps forth handsome as a bridegroom and rejoices like an athlete as he runs. He starts at one end of the heavens and circles to the other end, and nothing can hide from his heat. God's universe is perfect, awing the mind. God's truth is subtle, baffling the intellect. God's law is total, quickening the breath. God's compassion is fathomless, refreshing the soul.
God's justice is absolute, lighting up the eyes. God's love is radiant, rejoicing the heart, more precious than the finest gold, sweeter than honey from the comb. Help me to be aware of my selfishness, but without undue shame or self-judgment. Let me know that you are always present, in every atom of my life. Let me keep surrendering my self until I am utterly transparent.
He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside the still waters; he refreshes my soul. He guides me on the paths of righteousness, so that I may serve him with love. Though I walk through the darkest valley or stand in the shadow of death, I am not afraid, for I know you are always with me. You spread a full table before me, even in times of great pain; you feast me with your abundance and honor me like a king, anointing my head with sweet oil, filling my cup to the brim. Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will live in God's radiance forever and ever.
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