Here’s a
paraphrase of Psalm 127 written by Nan C. Merrill.
Psalm 127: A
Paraphrase
Unless You,
O Divine Creator, build the house,
those who
build it labor in vain.
Unless You
watch over the city,
the
watchers stay awake in vain.
For it is
in co-operating with You from morn to evening,
eating the
bread of your Word,
that we
rest in peace throughout the night.
Reverence
the sacred gift of life that nourishes all.
Who will
grow in wisdom,
abandoning
themselves into the chalice of Love?
Who will
open themselves to the imprint of Love’s gifts upon their heart?
Unless You,
O Divine Spirit, make your home within us,
we wander
through life in vain.
~ Psalm
127, written by Nan C. Merrill, in Psalms for Praying: An Invitation to Wholeness.
