Apocrypha: Psalm 35 Poem by Gert Strydom

(after C. J. Langenhoven)

Now each person is self-focused and keeps longing
and yearning for better days while destiny hangs over the future.
My God, only You can in advance see the future.
Do lead us through the darkness to serve You sincerely
as each one of us are caught in lust, hate, fear and own interest,
each one has got a own plan that leads away from Your ways, Lord,
where we are only mortals, while You do govern with selfless love,
as without You we are scared and caught in the lot of life
and yearning for better days while destiny hangs over the future.

[Reference:"Die woeste nag" (The wild / savage night)by C. J. Langenhoven.]