Puritan Prayers from the book Valley of Vision edited by Arthur Bennet

Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly,
Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision,
where I live in the depths but see Thee in the heights;
hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold Thy glory.
Let me learn by paradox that the way down is the way up,
that to be low is to be high,
that the broken heart is the healed heart,
that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit,
that the repenting soul is the victorious soul,
that to have nothing is to possess all,
that to bear the cross is to wear the crown,
that to give is to receive,
that the valley is the place of vision.
Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells,
and the deeper the wells the brighter Thy stars shine;
let me find Thy light in my darkness,
Thy life in my death,
Thy joy in my sorrow,
Thy grace in my sin,
Thy riches in my poverty,
Thy glory in my valley.

O LORD,

Whose power is infinite and wisdom infallible,
    
Permit me not to labour at work which thou wilt
    not bless,
  that I may serve thee without disgrace or debt;
Let me dwell in thy most secret place under thy
    shadow,
  where is safe impenetrable protection from
    the arrow that flieth by day,
    the pestilence that walketh in darkness,
    the strife of tongues,
    the malice of ill-will,
    the hurt of unkind talk,
    the snares of company,
    the perils of youth,
    the temptations of middle life,
    the mournings of old age,
    the fear of death.
I am entirely dependent upon thee for support,
    counsel, consolation.
Uphold me by thy free Spirit,
  and may I not think it enough to be preserved
    from falling,
  but may I always go forward, always abounding
    in the work thou givest me to do.