early in the morning I cry to you.

O God,

early in the morning I cry to you.

.Help me to pray,

and to concentrate .my thoughts on you:

I cannot do this alone.

In me there is darkness,

 But with you there is light;

I am lonely, but you do not leave me;

I am feeble in heart, but with you there is help;

I am restless, but with you there is peace.

In me there is bitterness, but with you there is patience;

I do not understand your ways,

'but you know the way for me ...

Restore me to liberty,

And enable me so to live now

that I may answer before you and before me,

Lord, whatever this day may bring,

Your name be praised.

Amen.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 - 1945)