Listen In Silence If You Would Hear

LISTEN IN SILENCE
IF YOU WOULD HEAR

by HELEN STEINER RICE



SILENTLY THE GREEN LEAVES GROW
IN SILENCE FALLS THE SOFT, WHITE SNOW
SILENTLY THE FLOWERS BLOOM
IN SILENCE SUNSHINE FILLS A ROOM
SILENTLY BRIGHT STARS APPEAR
IN SILENCE VELVET NIGHT DRAWS NEAR...
AND SILENTLY GOD ENTERS IN
TO FREE A TROUBLED HEART FROM SIN
FOR GOD WORKS SILENTLY IN LIVES
FOR NOTHING SPIRITUAL SURVIVES
AMID THE DIN OF A NOISY STREET
WHERE RAUCOUS CROWDS WITH HURRYING FEET
AND "BLINDED EYES" AND "DEAFENED EAR"
ARE NEVER PRIVILEGED TO HEAR
THE MESSAGE GOD WANTS TO IMPART
TO EVERY TROUBLED, WEARY HEART
FOR ONLY IN A QUIET PLACE
CAN MAN BEHOLD GOD FACE TO FACE!





BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD.



PSALM 46:10





REMEMBER, O LORD, YOUR TENDER
MERCIES AND YOUR LOVINGKINDNESS,
FOR THEY ARE FROM OF OLD.



PSALM 25:6
NKJV



TO SUCH AS KEEP HIS COVENANT,
AND TO THOSE THAT REMEMBER
HIS COMMANDMENTS TO DO THEM.



PSALM 103:18
KJV



BUT I CONFESS MY SINS;
I AM DEEPLY SORRY
FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE.



PSALM 38:1
NLT



DO NOT REMEMBER THE SINS
AND WRONG THINGS I DID WHEN I WAS YOUNG.
BUT REMEMBER TO LOVE ME ALWAYS
BECAUSE YOU ARE GOOD, LORD.



PSALM 25:7
NCV



MY ENEMIES SPY ON ME.
PAY THEM BACK WITH EVIL.
DESTROY THEM WITH YOUR TRUTH!



PSALM 54:5
GOD'S WORD



THE LORD IS KNOWN BY HIS JUSTICE;
THE WICKED ARE ENSNARED BY THE
WORK OF THEIR HANDS.



PSALM 9:16
KJV



SAVE ME FROM MY ENEMIES LORD;
I RUN TO YOU TO HIDE ME.



PSALM 143:9
NLT