A historical verse prayer thanking God in human joy and pain.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
For love and life and light and breath and ease, For work, success and hope, for power to please, For conscience clear, for faith without alloy, For common share in common human joy, I thank Thee, gracious God!
For loneliness and shadow, sickness, care, For failure, doubt, remorse, death, and despair, For sleepless nights, for aching heart and brain, For common share in common human pain, I thank Thee, gracious God! In Jesus’ name. Amen.