Here’s the last first draft, a text covering the Flood in Genesis 7-9. Feedback is love.
O Lord, You Made the Waters
for the Easter Vigil
The Flood—Genesis 7, 8, and 9
1. O Lord, You made the waters
And sent them to the earth.
Though water brings destruction,
It also gives new birth.
Oh, pour on us a wellspring,
A great baptismal flood,
To drown old wretched Adam
In Christ’s own watered blood.
2. The Lord said unto Noah,
“My faithful servant, heed:
Go, you and all your household,
The creatures I have made.
Now board the ark of gopher
And seal yourself inside,
For I will drown creation;
You only will abide.”
3. So Noah, as commanded,
With all his family
Did board with all the creatures,
Obeying God’s decree.
The heavens then were opened
With fountains from the deep.
God drowned His fouled creation,
But Noah did He keep.
4. The rain to earth descended.
For forty days it fell.
The ark, it rose and floated
Upon the mighty swell.
But Noah and his household
Were safe amidst the gale.
The boat which God commanded
By grace would never fail.
5. Then Noah sent a raven
To wing into the blue.
It rose into the heavens;
Above the deep it flew.
A dove he sent to flutter;
Of ground it found no trace.
On Noah’s hand it settled:
Its only resting place.
6. For seven days he waited,
Then sent the dove again.
An olive leaf she brought him;
The flood began to wane.
Once more, then, Noah waited,
And let the dove take flight.
She left, no more returning,
To Noah’s great delight.
7. Then Noah moved the cover,
The ark bared to the sky.
The water had subsided.
He saw the ground was dry.
“Go forth,” God said to Noah.
“Bring out your sons and wife;
Bring out the living creatures
That they may bear new life.
8. “Now hear My word of promise;
Oh, hear My sure decree:
With you and all creation
My covenant shall be.
All flesh shall never perish
Nor floods the earth will raze.
Behold this sign, the rainbow:
My vow through endless days.”
9. Oh, grant us faith, dear Father,
Through this baptismal tide,
To trust Your Word of promise
And in Your grace abide.
Protect Your chosen children
Who shelter in Your nave,
Who bear Your name forever,
Who trust Your might to save.
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