I am inspired by the Carmina Gadelica. It is a compendium of Christian prayers, poems, songs, etc. gathered by Alexander Carmichael in Scotland in the late 1800s through early 1900s.

This is one of my favorite prayers from it (someday I may set it to music if I ever get all of my current works-in-progress off my plate).


God, bless to me this day,
God, bless to me this night;
Bless, O bless. Thou God of grace,
Each day and hour of my life;
Bless, O bless. Thou God of grace.
Each day and hour of my life.

God, bless the pathway on which I go,
God, bless the earth that is beneath my sole;
Bless, O God, and give to me Thy love,
O God of gods, bless my rest and my repose;
Bless, O God, and give to me Thy love,
And bless, O God of gods, my repose.


You can find the Carmina Gadelica here at the Internet Sacred Text Archive:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/cg.htm