God Votes Trump

Like it or not—and I happen to like it—it’s a twenty-first century miracle that President Trump is alive and well after Saturday’s shooting. I think it’s a sign that God votes Trump. We need to keep praying for His protection. 

If there’s one thing I envy about the British, it’s the fact that their national anthem, “God Save the King,” is actually a prayer—and a very long prayer at that. Here are my two favorite verses:

O Lord our God arise,
Scatter our enemies,
And make them fall!
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix,
God save us all! 

Not in this land alone,
But be God’s mercies known,
From shore to shore!
Lord make the nations see,
That men should brothers be,
And form one family,
The wide world o’er.

I especially like the first of those two verses. When it comes to America’s enemies (or Israel’s) I especially want God to “Confound their politics” and “Frustrate their knavish tricks.” I also hope I’m praying along with other Americans who may happen to see and sing these verses, “On Thee our hopes we fix, God save us all!”

Margot Armer