Lord, who can be trusted
with power, and who may act in your place? Those with a passion for
justice, who speak the truth from their hearts; who have let go of selfish
interests and grown beyond their own lives; who see the wretched as their
family and the poor as their flesh and blood. They alone are
impartial and worthy of the people's trust. Their compassion lights up the
whole earth, and their kindness endures forever.
(A Book of Psalms,
translations by Stephen Mitchell)
(The song is One Love, performed by Pat
Benatar, written by Neil Geraldo and Myron Grombacher, from the album,
Wide Awake In Dreamland)
