Are You the Friend I Can Trust?

Dear God, are you the Friend I can trust?
...
let me pause and remember
the holy ground of your presence -
the bush burning with light...

You are here in the ones I ignore;
the shuffling old man on the street,
the hollow-eyed woman unkempt,
the neighbour I pass hurriedly by.
...
I see neither their need nor mine,
it is I who turn silent away.
... No wonder I do not hear your voice
I turn away from your presence.

Psalm 28

(Lost in Wonder, p. 70)