Come, bless GOD,

all you servants of GOD!

You priests of GOD, posted to the nightwatch

in GOD’s shrine,

Lift your praising hands to the Holy Place,

and bless GOD.

In turn, may GOD of Zion bless you—

GOD who made heaven and earth!

PSALM 134

Not seldom in this life, when, on the right side, fortune’s favorites sail close by us, we, though all adroop before, catch somewhat of the rushing breeze, and joyfully feel our bagging sails fill out.

HERMAN MELVILLE