Psalm I

I.

 

Eternal Adonai,

   Great Yah how long?

Will I contend with this forever?

When can I breathe? When can I

     just take a moment to have some peace?

The constant burning,

    the consistent yearning to just freely

    engage and finally quench these flames.

    I feel if just one of them

    would lay eyes on me, if one of them

    would gravitate toward me;

Perhaps this burning would quickly

    become cooling embers.

Abba Yah, can you please provide me

    with relief?

Give the balm that will hasten healing; the

    salve that will remove these feelings.

Provide surcease Abba El, then my enemies;

    my soul and Adversary wont have the upper hand.

However I will suck it up

      and begin to do more than hear your torah,

but, I will apply it until I become it.

You have been the Guide of my Youth

                               (Aluf Neurim);

Your hands have been re-shaping my soul, restoring

 and

 Bringing me to a place of established sobriety.

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