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PRAYER FOR STRENGTH by MARGARET E. BRUNER

First Line: THOUGH I SHOULD BE MALIGNED BY THOSE
Last Line: ALL BITTERNESS. THIS IS MY PRAYER.
Subject(s): RELIGION; VENGEANCE; THEOLOGY;
Though I should be maligned by those
I trust, let not my spirit be
Broken and bowed, but may the throes
Of suffering set me free

From pettiness and that desire
Which goads one to retaliate;
With patience I would quench the fire
Of vengeance, ere it be too late.

And in defeat may I cast out
The moods of envy and despair,
And from my heart, Lord, I would rout
All bitterness. This is my prayer.



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