Understanding Poetry #19: A Nighttime Prayer
O Lord, my Father,
Its Nightime again.
Stay close by me
For the night gets darker.
Stay with me
For the men I put trust in
Have failed over and over again.
Helpless is me, Lord
Who asks for your presence
As the light of the day is snuffed out
And today's glories are overthrown and eventually decayed,
See me through this night, Lord.
Almighty Changeless Lord,
Eternal and everlasting as time
In your light, enemies scurry away
And I do not have to shed bitter tears.
Victorious becomes me
With you at my side.
Ageless Conqueror,
Who dispels the horrors of the night.
The morning will surely come again.
Till then,
Abide with me.
Commentary
A prayer to be said before going to bed.