Lord to Lo Debar, God of Galilee
I cannot walk, but You sent for me.
I am Mephibosheth – “Son of Shame.”
I cannot walk, for I am lame.

I am from Lo Debar,
Sent for from afar
To eat at the table of Israel’s King.
I am a dead dog … dead, yet always suffering.

To walk I am unable
And crumbs from the Master’s table
I could not even obtain.
Yet each new day I am fed again.

To walk I am unable
Of no good am I capable;
But, a recipient of grace,
I do not scrounge for sustenance.

Lord to Lo Debar, God of Galilee
Help me to walk, for You’ve sent for me.
I would sink and would forever falter;
Yet by Your power I walk on water!

Before You came I only fell. But, Lord to Lo Debar,
King of Israel – with You – I become, again, – Maribaal!¹

1 Fighter of idols (Mephibosheth’s name before a fall rendered him lame)