Psalms of Falling Empire

Prine

He toasts his wife and all his family

The providence he brought to bear

They raise their glasses in his honor

Although this union they don't share

A man who lives among them

Was still a stranger to them all

For when the heart is never open

That's how every empire falls

Psalm

Better is honesty that the righteous person has

than the abundant providence of many empires.

God  knows the days of the open-hearted,

and their providence will abide forever;

they are not put to shame in evil times,

in the days of famine they have abundance.