You Be the Judge

And Moses came down from Hermon
    Robed in splendor and ire
    Graced by God

And the sound of the crowd
    Came to Joshua’s ear
    The ear of the Servant’s right hand

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All things are immanent

Time is an all-consuming fire
In which dwell Moses and the Prophet
I have seen light shine on their faces
And heard the voice of God

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This is a test
This is only a test

Had this been an actual rebuke
I would not feel so strongly
That I am right

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The Lord is my rock
     My fortress and my savior
My God is my rock
     In whom I find protection

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How do you describe a tree
    To a blind man?
What do the words tall
    Green or branch signify?
How do you meaningfully distinguish
    Between shade and broad sunlight
    Between dappled rays and black of night?

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Listen, my brothers, to my instruction
As I bring you lessons from our past
Stories of what we have seen and heard
Truths, hard truths, we will not hide

So that those who come behind have no cause
To be like us, stubborn, rebellious, and ungrateful

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Now I sit me down to eat
And this old saw I shall repeat:
If my hands I have not laved
There is no way I shall be saved.

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My record to date, I must clearly admit,
    Has not been so very grand.
When questions are put I most often confess
    That I simply do not understand.

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