Psalm 20—We will know the silent sky can speak, and holy heaven ring like struck bells.

The Darkling Psalter is a project to create renditions of the Psalms. Psalms complete: 77/150.

Rendition of Psalm 20

May the Lord hear you
And answer with strong wings
Beating on gale winds.
May your help come 
Even before the need is raised—
Swift as hunting hawks,
Fleet as falcons from holy heights.
May he send you every help you ask,
Bigger than heart hoped, dream guessed, 
Or hands could ever gather.

Then we will watch you and sing
Glad, great-hearted songs.
Then we will see that our God
Knows how to save.
We will know the silent sky
Can speak, and holy heaven 
Ring like struck bells.
Some laugh at our long odds
And hope in what their hands can touch,
But we brim and run over
Even when we raise
Empty hands the highest.
Lord, we rise and wait at hopefall
For the sound of hushed wings.
Hear us.

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Catch up With the Darkling Psalter

Psalms: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 22, 23, 27, 29, 31, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 46, 50, 51, 53, 54, 62, 63, 65, 66, 73, 74, 75, 84, 86, 88, 90, 91, 100, 107, 110, 114, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 137, 139, 140, 142, 147, 148.

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