On the Tuesdays of February's Black History Month, our Night Prayer will take its lead from the music of African American spirituals and composers - tonight: Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen. (On these four nights, I suggest you begin with the musical piece and move from there to the words of prayer.
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen by Paul Robeson
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Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Nobody knows my sorrow
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Glory, Hallelujah!
Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down
O yes, Lord
Sometimes I'm almost to the ground,
O yes, Lord
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Nobody knows my sorrow
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Glory, Hallelujah!
Although you see me goin' long so,
O yes, Lord
I have my trials here below,
O yes, Lord
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Nobody knows my sorrow
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Glory, Hallelujah!
Let us pray...
It's true, Lord:
no one sees our troubles as you see them
- no one.
Even friends who share their troubles with us,
freely, openly, holding nothing back:
no one sees their troubles as you see them, Lord,
for you see our troubles from the tree of the Cross,
through the eyes, the arms, the heart,
the pain of your own suffering...
Nobody truly knows the trouble we've seen,
nobody knows but Jesus...
How gentle must we be with one another, Lord,
for behind the suffering we do see
lies suffering seen by none but you
and only you know the depth, the weight,
the burden of suffering each of us carries...
Nobody knows the trouble we've seen, Lord,
nobody knows but you
- and how blessed are we:
you share in the suffering that's ours,
bearing it on your own shoulders
that we might lay down all our burdens
at the foot of your holy Cross...
Glory, Hallelujah!
Protect us, Lord while we're awake
and watch over us while we sleep
that awake, we might keep watch with you
and asleep, rest in your peace...
Amen.
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