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Our Breath is Incense (Psalm 141)

 An evening prayer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Refrain: 
Our breath is incense, sweet smell rising 
Our hands are open, lifted up in the evening 

Verse 1 
I call out to you Come and hear me 
Give ear to my voice, my God, and quickly  

Refrain 

Verse 2
Watch the door of my mouth for integrity 
Guard my lips and keep my heart from turning  

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Verse 3 
Let the elders guide and correct my way 
Keep my words and actions true I pray  

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Verse 4 
Watch the farmer's plow turn the blessed earth 
Bones of death and signs of rising birth  

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Verse 5
You are the earth, I am a seed 
Hide me, grow me, love and never leave me  

Refrain

 

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Words and music by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan

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