Psalm 50: 1-6 Perfect in Beauty

God speaks to the earth in every bright place,
“from the rising of the sun to where it sets.” 
But what of places where the sunlight does not touch? 
Deepest ocean trenches in Mariana and Puerto Rico, 
glorious caves bearing the names Verëvkina and Son Doong 
- these too are perfect in beauty like Zion,
worthy of God’s presence.

God shines in these deep homes, 
making them full with the glory of God’s love. 
God calls out relentlessly to every bright and shadowed place – 
above-below-between – 
To make glad and bright our human hearts. 
Listen, God’s faithful people! 

I was inspired by the specificity of place in this Psalm – where the sun sets, the skies above, Zion “perfect in beauty” – and it made me wonder about other hidden places where the brightness of God may yet be found.

Elizabeth Dilley