SHABBAT PRAYER

A PRAYER FOR SABBATH

Though our mouths should overflow with song as the sea,
our tongues with melody as the roaring waves,
our lips with praise as the heavens' wide expanse;

and though our eyes were to shine as the sun and the moon,
our arms extend like eagles' wings,
our feet speed swiftly as deer-

still we could not fully thank You,
Lord our God and God of all ages,
or bless Your name enough,

for even one of Your infinite kindnesses to our ancestors and to us.


-A prayer for Shabbat
from Gates of Prayer: The New Union Prayerbook