A Ship Sails Away

A SHIP SAILS AWAY

by HELEN STEINER RICE



A SHIP SAILS AWAY,
AND WE SEE IT NO MORE,
BUT WE KNOW IT IS GOING
TO SOME OTHER SHORE.
OUR DEAR ONES PASS ON,
AND WE SEE THEM NO MORE,
BUT WE KNOW THEY ARE WAITING
ON SOME OTHER SHORE.





YOU WHO DWELL IN THE SHELTER OF THE MOST HIGH,
WHO ABIDE IN THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY, SAY TO
THE LORD "MY REFUGE AND MY FORTRESS; MY GOD,
IN WHOM I TRUST." FOR HE WILL RESCUE YOU FROM
THE SNARE OF THE FOWLER; FROM THE DESTROYING
PESTILENCE. WITH HIS PINIONS, HE WILL COVER YOU,
AND UNDER HIS WINGS YOU SHALL TAKE REFUGE; HIS
FAITHFULNESS IS A BUCKLER AND A SHIELD. YOU
SHALL NOT FEAR THE TERROR OF THE NIGHT, NOR
THE ARROW THAT FLIES BY DAY; NOR THE PESTILENCE
THAT ROAMS IN DARKNESS, NOR THE DEVASTATING
PLAQUE AT NOON.



PSALM 91:1-6





O LORD MY GOD, MANY AND MANY A TIME
YOU HAVE DONE GREAT MIRACLES FOR US
AND WE ARE EVER IN YOUR THOUGHTS.
WHO ELSE CAN DO SUCH GLORIOUS THINGS?
NO ONE ELSE CAN BE COMPARED WITH YOU.
THERE ISN'T TIME TO TELL
OF ALL YOUR WONDERFUL DEEDS.



PSALM 40:5
TLB



THE HEAVENS ARE THINE, THE EARTH ALSO IS THINE: AS FOR THE WORLD AND THE FULNESS THEREOF, THOU HAST FOUNDED THEM.



PSALM 89:11
KJV



HE HATH DELIVERED MY SOUL IN PEACE
FROM THE BATTLE THAT WAS AGAINST ME;
FOR THERE WERE MANY WITH ME.



PSALM 55:18
KJV



THOSE WHO LOVE YOUR LAW HAVE GREAT PEACE AND DO NOT STUMBLE.



PSALM 119:165
NLT



I WILL BOTH LIE DOWN AND SLEEP IN PEACE;
FOR YOU ALONE, O LORD, MAKE
ME LIE DOWN IN SAFETY.



PSALM 4:8
NRSV



BUT ALL WHO HUMBLE THEMSELVES BEFORE
THE LORD SHALL BE GIVEN EVERY BLESSING,
AND SHALL HAVE WONDERFUL PEACE.



PSALM 37:11
TLB



MY GOD IS CHANGELESS IN HIS LOVE
FOR ME AND HE WILL COME AND HELP
ME. HE WILL LET ME SEE MY WISH
COME TRUE UPON MY ENEMIES.



PSALM 59:10
TLB