Psalm 50:1-6 – "God the Lord, All Mighty, Calls Unto the Earth"
Prayer and song for God,
original text adapted from the ELW psalter with original tune.
Pastor Joel S Neubauer
St Mark Lutheran Church (ELCA), Yorktown, Virginia
Shared for the Transfiguration 2021 (Covid-19/coronavirus)

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God the Lord, all mighty, calls unto the earth
from our sun once rising to night’s sacred birth.

Out of Zion, perfect, built in peace as one,
God shines forth in glory, God our glorious sun.

Friends, our God now coming silence will not keep;
storm and lightning shake us, wake us from our sleep.

From beyond God calls creation to make known
judgment for all people, justice for God’s own:

“Gather, you who follow, loyal to my call,
you who hold my promise: Love laid down for all.”

Here the heavens preach the rightness of God’s cause,
God arises justly; all our life is God’s.