Indian’s Twenty-Third Psalm

GREAT SPIRIT, WHOSE TEPEE IS THE SKY
AND WHOSE HUNTING GROUND IS THE EARTH;
MIGHTS AND FEARFUL ARE YOU CALLED.
RULER OVER STORMS, OVER MEN
AND BIRDS AND BEASTS:
HAVE YOUR WAY OVER ALL –
OVER EARTHWAYS AS OVER SKYWAYS,
FIND US THIS DAY OUR MEAT AND CORN,
THAT WE MAY BE STRONG AND BRAVE.
AND PUT ASIDE FROM US OUR WICKED WAYS AS
WE PUT ASIDE THE BAD WORKS OF THEM
WHO DO US WRONG.
AND LET US NOT HAVE SUCH TROUBLES
AS LEAD US INTO CROOKED ROADS.
BUT KEEP US FROM ALL EVIL,
FOR YOUR IS ALL THAT IS –
THE EARTH AND THE SKY:
THE STREAMS, THE HILLS,
AND THE VALLEYS, THE STARS,
THE MOON, AND THE SUN, AND
ALL THAT LIVE AND BREATHE.
WONDERFUL, SHINING MIGHTY SPIRIT!
AMEN.