Love Poem: Servant

Servant

Oh , servant of God          hear my voice
my purchase price      was to set you free
it was to you       I gave the choice
that you would know                     true liberty
 
Justice has cried out         in the roadways
she has made known her law            in the court
even mine own servant    the one familiar
has used it          like a weapon for sport
 
I have made known its reason           before you
but for gain          has plied it with lies
the weak and the small         have had no defense
and a bribe                  makes a fool of the wise
 
 
I would never            have  left you
but in my precepts       you did not stay
you ignored           all my instruction
and the law of mercy        threw away
 
I watched your actions     in my temple
your distain                    you did not hide
my comfort         and my loving kindness
you held back    from those who cried
 
I gave you the finest teachers
and the master example I set
I charged you to care          for my household
but your own debt      you did forget
 
So large a debt             I forgave you
when you cried to me          to acquit
but those who owed you even less
you declared their         own lives forfeit
 
You have defiled my uprightness
my judgments    equity you have brought shame
you have polluted              my holy temple
abused my reputation              and my name
 
The whole body              is sick with infection
it is the bread of sorrow you eat
to the house          I come for inspection
and see how                 my lambs you do treat
 
Nothing can you hide in secret
every action             before me is known
from the oppressors        I will deliver
I am the Judge      and the Chief corner stone
 
Matthew Chapters 23 and 24
 
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