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who laid the train tracks,
raised the bridges,
picked the cotton and the lettuce,
built brick by brick
the glittering edifices
they would then keep clean
and work inside of.
Praise song for struggle;
praise song for the day.
Praise song
for every hand-lettered sign;
The figuring it out
at kitchen tables.
Some live
by "Love thy neighbor as thy self."
Others by first do no harm,
or take no more than you need.
What if the mightiest word is love,
love beyond marital,
filial, national.
Love that casts
a widening pool of light.
Love with no need
to preempt grievance.
In today's sharp sparkle,
this winter air,
anything can be made,
any sentence begun.
On the brink, on the brim,
on the cusp
praise song for walking
forward in that light.
And now it's my privilege to introduce
the Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery
to deliver "The Benediction."
God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
thou who has brought us
thus far along the way,
thou who has by thy might led us
into the light,
keep us forever
in the path, we pray,
lest our feet
stray from the places, our God,
where we met thee,
lest our hearts,
drunk with the wine of the world,
we forget thee.
Shadowed beneath thy hand
may we forever stand
true to thee, O God,
and true to our native land.
We truly give thanks
for the glorious experience
we've shared this day.
We pray now, O Lord,
for your blessing upon thy servant,
Barack Obama, the 44th president
his family and his administration.
He has come to this high office
at a low moment
in the national and,
indeed, the global fiscal climate.
But because we know you got
we pray for not only our nation,
but for the community of nations.
Our faith does not shrink,
though pressed
For we know that, Lord, you're able
and you're willing to work through
faithful leadership
to restore stability,
mend our brokenness, heal our wounds
and deliver us
from the exploitation of the poor
or the least of these
and from favoritism
toward the rich, the elite of these.
We thank you
for the empowering of thy servant,
our 44th president,
to inspire our nation to believe that,
yes, we can work together
to achieve a more perfect union.
And while we have sown the seeds
of greed the wind
of greed and corruption,
and even as we reap the whirlwind
of social and economic disruption,
we seek forgiveness
and we come in a spirit
of unity and solidarity
to commit our support
to our president
by our willingness
to make sacrifices,
to respect your creation,
to turn to each other
and not on each other.
And now, Lord, in the complex arena
of human relations,
help us to make choices
on the side of love, not hate;
on the side of inclusion,
not exclusion;
tolerance, not intolerance.
And as we leave this mountaintop,
help us to hold
on to the spirit of fellowship
and the oneness of our family.
Let us take that power back
to our homes,
our workplaces, our churches,
our temples, our mosques,
or wherever we seek your will.
Bless President Barack,
First Lady Michelle.
Look over our little angelic
Sasha and Malia.
We go now
to walk together, children,
pledging that we won't get weary
in the difficult days ahead.
We know you will not leave us alone,
with your hands of power
and your heart of love.
Help us then, now, Lord,
to work for that day
sword against nation,
when tanks will be
beaten into tractors,
when every man and every woman
shall sit under his or her own vine
and fig tree
and none shall be afraid;
when justice will
roll down like waters
and righteousness
as a mighty stream.
Lord, in the memory of all the saints
and in the joy of a new beginning,
we ask you to help us
work for that day
when black will not be asked
to get back,
when yellow will be mellow
when the red man can get ahead, man
and when white
will embrace what is right.
Let all those who do justice
and love mercy say amen.
Amen!
- Say amen!
- Amen!
- ... and Amen!
- Amen!
An inspiring Benediction there
by the Reverend Joseph Lowery,
one of the greatest figures
As we appraoch the end
of this inaugural ceremony,
there will be the national anthem
and then...
President Obama and the First Lady
will depart the stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, please rise
for the singing of our national anthem
by the United States
Navy Sea Chanters Chorus.
Following the anthem,
please remain in place
while the presidential party
exits the platform.
Thank you very much.
Oh, say, can you see,
by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed
at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes
and bright stars,
thro' the perilous fight'
O'er the ramparts we watched,
were so gallantly streaming
And the rockets red glare,
that our flag was still there.
Oh, say, does that star-spangled
banner yet wave...
O'er the land of the free
and the home...
of the brave?
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