# My Latest Prayer **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-prayer/668741 "2013-09-13T03:10:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-prayer/668741/1 "2013-09-13T03:10:25Z")
Father, help me perceive Perfection now. I’ve tried ennui, it’s never helped my mood. I wander willfully wondering why I wander here and there in search of food. Clue me in if You are the best in me. If You be bad, I might as well be dead. Thank You for iambic pentameter. It brings out words for prices at the pump. That’s all I have to say to You right now. Amen, again, again, again, again. Aloha ---
**Author:** ![LuckyBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecae2f/32.png) [@LuckyBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LuckyBastid)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-prayer/668741/2 "2013-09-13T21:05:15Z")
I stole mine from The Right Stuff. Oh Lord, please don’t let me f\*ck up. ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-prayer/668741/3 "2013-09-13T22:06:04Z")
> [@LuckyBastid](#): > > I stole mine from The Right Stuff. > > Oh Lord, please don’t let me f\*ck up. My bad. To be considered, your post must be in iambic pentameter.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iambic\_pentameter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iambic_pentameter) Aloha ---
**Author:** ![LuckyBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecae2f/32.png) [@LuckyBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LuckyBastid)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-prayer/668741/4 "2013-09-13T22:18:21Z")
:smack: ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-prayer/668741/5 "2013-09-13T22:26:40Z")
> [@LuckyBastid](#): > > :smack: :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-prayer/668741/6 "2013-09-13T22:39:22Z")
Abide with me; fast falls the eventide; The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide. When other helpers fail and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me. Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day; Earth’s joys grow dim; its glories pass away; Change and decay in all around I see; O Thou who changest not, abide with me. Not a brief glance I beg, a passing word, But as Thou dwell’st with Thy disciples, Lord, Familiar, condescending, patient, free. Come not to sojourn, but abide with me. Come not in terrors, as the King of kings, But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings; Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea. Come, Friend of sinners, thus abide with me. Thou on my head in early youth didst smile, And though rebellious and perverse meanwhile, Thou hast not left me, oft as I left Thee. On to the close, O Lord, abide with me. I need Thy presence every passing hour. What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s power? Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me. I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless; Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness. Where is death’s sting? Where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if Thou abide with me. Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes; Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies. Heaven’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee; In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me. -Henry Francis Lyte, 1847 ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-prayer/668741/7 "2013-09-13T23:45:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Abide with me; fast falls the eventide; > > In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me. > > … > > -Henry Francis Lyte, 1847 Sweet. Got an original? Aloha