Rahab

Strange men came into my house all the time,
But I never expected Israelite spies,
In Jericho I was treated like slime,
I leapt with joy at this pleasant surprise.
With prostitute’s cunning I hid them well,
Under the flax hid salvation for me,
Their Lord was mighty, His triumphs did tell
A death warrant: here was my discharge fee.
Life for life, I saved them, gave them a rope
To climb out of the city, to prepare
My old world’s destruction, a new world’s scope.
My kindred sworn safe, I did not despair.
A crimson cord our protection secured
From the slaughter: now we sing to the Lord.

Print