The whirring of wings amid smoke, in the temple:
a man in humility bows before God.
The pillars are quaking, the threshold is shaken,
he kneels in the place where his forebears have trod.
A quest for identity, who will be chosen?
The question: the one to be blessed with God's grace?
The promise is veiled for he feels so uncertain.
How could such a sinner stand here in God's place?
Verses 3-4 follow
Tune: WAS LEBET, WAS SCHWEBET
Metre: 12 11 12 11 Irregular
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 14/5/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk.
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