Sculpture by International Artist Phillip Ratner
Lee Diamond – O Lord. Open My Lips
King David was desperate
He was caught !
He “was THE man.”
Caught (as it were with his royal pants down)
Natan his prophet revealed
His sin with Bat Sheva
And his murder of Uriah
But Kings are the law itself
Even Above the law!
So Why the desperation
On King David!s part?
For The King of Israel, David
Was subject to a higher authority
To the King of Kings
Not above His law
David was desperate
And now removed from
The King of Kings
Distant
Unable to stand before
HIM
unable to beseech HIM
And thus powerless, impotent
Before the people of Israel
Alone and without words
Without the ability to seek
Forgiveness
Unable to pray
Approach
Plea
Before the King of Kings
His lips were sealed
His mouth empty of words
He plead to pray
Plead to admit
Plead to beg forgiveness
“Allow my mouth
To feed my lips
With a prayer of return
Of Restoration
Maybe we’re chosen
Maybe we chose
But we’re Israel
We are subject to a higher
Authority
We are subject to His Law
Never above it!
A leader of Israel
Loses his position
All power
When
“He Is The Man”
The nation of Israel
Demands Justice
Of its Leader
Even a higher justice
For he leads under
This higher authority
Secular or Religious
He must Pursue the Justice
Of Israel
There’s no hiding
From this
There’s no remaining
Distant from justice
“Justice Justice You Shall Seek”
King David was speechless
For he allowed himself
To steal and kill
His soul
His mouth
His lips were sealed
He begged for forgiveness
From the “All Seeing”
And from his nation
And just as a king of Israel
So too a Prime Minister of Israel
Must be trustworthy
Or he has lost
His mandate to rule.
Don’t blame the messenger,
The Prophet
Or the Media
Mr. Prime Minister
“You Are The Man”
So Pray Sir!
For There is no hiding place
‘O Lord
Open My Lips So My Mouth
Can Declare Your Glory”
