I chose this unrestrained praise-poem to mark the 11th Anniversary of Poem of the Month.  Stephen Mitchell, translator extraordinaire, is true to the spirit of the text, his “sense of the genuine,” when he interprets.  Enjoy!  Thank you for sharing in the love of poetry!  May we all rest in this unnamable, perfect love.

Unnamable God, I feel you
with me at every moment.

You are my food, my drink,
my sunlight, and the air I breathe.

You are the ground I have built on
and the beauty that rejoices my heart.

I give thanks to you at all times
for lifting me from my confusion,
for teaching me in the dark
and showing me the path of life.

I have come to the center of the universe;
I rest in your perfect love.

In your presence there is fullness of joy
and blessedness forever and ever.

Stephen Mitchell, from A Book of Psalms: Selected and Adapted from the Hebrew.
Copyrighted material; for educational/therapeutic purposes only.

Photo: Claude Monet: Impression, Sunrise