I Will Not Stumble (Not Greatly)

Only for God will I be silent
only for God,
from him my triumph,
I will not stumble
   (not greatly.)

While they bluster about
with noisy lies,
indulging in gossip like a drunk
lurching like a sagging fence

God alone is my castle
God alone.
I will not stumble
   (not greatly.)

You low men, you common thieves,
are only a breath. Gasp! and you’re gone,
and you well born and white collared are only a lie
weighed in the balance and found wanting.

Only for God will I be silent.
I will not stumble
   (not greatly.)

2012

(based on Psalm 62)