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Book of Moths

by jesus is the path to heaven

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1.
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
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YMMBCALTM 04:23
lord, what have I to wait for? when you correct me you make my beauty to consume away like the moth lord, what have I to wait for?
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the lord knows the length of my days
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surely man at his best state is vanity
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I said I would be watchful of my ways for fear I should sin with my tongue I will put a curb on my lips when the wicked stand before me I was mute silent and still their prosperity stirred my grief my heart was burning within me at the thought of it the fire blazed up and my tongue burst into speech oh lord you have shown me my end how short is the length of my days now I know how fleeting is my life you have given me a short span of days my life is as nothing in your sight a mere breath the one who stood so firm a mere shadow the one who passes by a mere breath the hoarded riches and who will take them no one knows now lord what is there to wait for in you rests all my hope set me free from all my sins do not make me the taunt of the fool I was silent not opening my lips because this was all your doing take a way your scourge from me I am crushed by the blows of your hands you punish our sins and correct us like a moth you devour all we treasure (selah) human life is no more than a breath o lord hear my prayer oh lord turn your ear to my cry do not be deaf to my tears in your house I am a passing guest a pilgrim like all my forebears look away that I may breathe again before I depart to be no more glory be to god, the father, and the son and the Holy Spirit

about

a dark devotional for the mothgod
born of the earth, buried in the earth

It is the tension between these concepts which fuels the release, from the way the bright faith of ‘length of my days’ distorts into peculiar noise to the cloistered ‘psalm 39 (mepkin psalter)’, its poignant hush slowly infiltrated by outside sound.

-Various Small Flames

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released November 18, 2022

lyrics are taken from the King James Version and from the Mepkin Abbey Psalter

music written and performed by Jordan Hoban at Mepkin Abbey
job 4:12-19 (kjv) sung by Caroline O'Neil
piano on YMMBCALTM by Kat Wetherall

mixed by Jordan Hoban
mastered by Dylan Gilbert

art by jph

special thanks to the finest band around: Tommy Underhill, Meara, and Zach Jordan.

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