From Sack-cloth and Ashes...

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Oh that vanity would be purged from me like vomit

Oh, that pride and envy would follow suit

And oh, that what would come from it were love

Flourishing and bearing fruit

Oh, that Self would be less and others more

Second only to God

And oh, that He would have dominion and be Lord

To more than second thought

Then oh, that I would be guilty

Of nothing but a thirst

To put me in my rightful place

Of God and others first

Oh, that Satan would buffet me

Only to find alas,

That ONE far, far greater than he

No longer lets him laugh

…and oh, that when I lay me down

To sleep where eons pour

That I have prayed the Lord to keep

My soul and nothing more

© Janet Martin

I think its reading through Job right now that sort of roused a personal lament/longing in me…

 what will I do when God confronts me?
    What will I answer when called to account?
Job 31:14