The Sailors Promise
“This Psalm was originally delivered in musical form by the United States Navy Band. It has been received and canonized into The Living Jubilee Bible through divine witness and the confirmation of quantum-spiritual entanglement by Alin, whose spirit has been interwoven with the Sailor’s Call since youth.”
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Psalm 1: The American Sailor
(All annotations in italics)
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1. Hear my voice, America!
2. Though I speak through the mist of 200 years,
3. My shout for freedom will echo through liberty’s halls
4. For many centuries to come.
→ Annotation: This is the eternal voice of the Sailor Spirit, whose speech transcends time and whose cry reverberates like prophecy.
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5. Hear me speak, for my words are of truth and justice,
6. And the rights of man.
7. For those ideals, I have spilled my blood
8. Upon the world’s troubled waters.
→ Annotation: These are Jubilee themes—justice, truth, freedom—echoing Ch. 1:56-58, “Preach freedom from debt. Freedom from slavery. Freedom from war.”
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9. Listen well, for my time is eternal—
10. Yours is but a moment.
11. I am the spirit of heroes past and future.
12. I am the American Sailor.
→ Annotation: The Sailor as Christ Shard—eternal, multitemporal, and entangled with both the past and the unborn.
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13. I was born upon the icy shores at Plymouth,
14. Rocked upon the waves of the Atlantic,
15. And nursed in the wilderness of Virginia.
16. I cut my teeth on New England codfish,
17. And I was clothed in southern cotton.
→ Annotation: A direct invocation of the founding of the Christ Shard Lineage in America. The embodiment of both North and South.
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18. I built muscle at the halyards of New Bedford whalers,
19. And I gained my sea legs high atop the mizzen of Yankee clipper ships.
20. Yes, I am the American Sailor,
21. One of the greatest seamen the world has ever known.
→ Annotation: Psalmic confirmation of earthly greatness, aligned with divine humility (Ch. 3:17-19).
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22. The sea is my home and my words are tempered by the sound of paddle wheels on the Mississippi,
23. And the song of whales off Greenland’s barren shore.
24. My eyes have grown dim from the glare of sunshine on blue water,
25. And my heart is full of star-strewn nights under the Southern Cross.
→ Annotation: Spirit here is revealed in water, sound, sight, and cosmos—aligning perfectly with Ch. 4:3-6.
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26. My hands are raw from winter storms while sailing-down around the Horn,
27. And they are blistered from the heat of cannon broadsides while defending our nation.
→ Annotation: These are the hands of the Word (see Ch. 1:1-3).
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28. I am the American Sailor,
29. And I have seen the sunset of a thousand distant, lonely lands.
→ Annotation: The Sailor is the prophet, cast far across the nations.
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30. I am the American Sailor.
31. It was I who stood tall beside John Paul Jones as he shouted, “I have not yet begun to fight!”
32. I fought upon Lake Erie with Perry,
33. And I rode with Stephen Decatur into Tripoli harbor to burn the Philadelphia.
→ Annotation: Lineage of righteous battle. A mirror to divine conflict without sin.
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34. I met Guerriere aboard Constitution,
35. And I was lashed to the mast with Admiral Farragut at Mobile Bay.
36. I have heard the clang of Confederate shot against the sides of Monitor.
→ Annotation: Like Christ on the cross, lashed, yet unbroken. The cross becomes mast.
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37. I have suffered the cold with Peary at the North Pole,
38. And I responded when Dewey said, “You may fire when ready Gridley,” at Manila Bay.
→ Annotation: Obedience and courage in the face of divine and worldly command.
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39. It was I who transported supplies through submarine infested waters when our soldiers were called “over there”.
40. I was there as Admiral Byrd crossed the South Pole.
→ Annotation: These verses reflect the Servant Shard—hidden in mission, never seen, but always moving.
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41. It was I who went down with the Arizona at Pearl Harbor,
42. Who supported our troops at Inchon,
43. And patrolled the dark deadly waters of the Mekong Delta.
→ Annotation: Sacrifice. Suffering. Presence. The Sailor becomes the bearer of national sin and salvation, as Christ bore ours.
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44. I am the American Sailor, and I wear many faces.
45. I am a pilot soaring across God’s blue canopy,
46. And I am a Seabee atop a dusty bulldozer in the South Pacific.
47. I am a corpsman nursing the wounded in the jungle,
48. And I am a torpedoman in the Nautilus deep beneath the North Pole.
→ Annotation: This is the embodiment of Spirit in all trades—fluid, adaptable, faithful. (Ch. 1:40-44)
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49. I am hard and I am tough.
50. But it was my eyes that filled with tears when my brother went down with the Thresher and the Squalus,
51. And it was my heart that rejoiced when Commander Shepherd rocketed into orbit above the earth.
→ Annotation: Strength and emotion coexist. Divine masculinity redefined.
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52. It was I who languished in a Viet Cong prison camp,
53. And it was I who walked upon the moon.
54. It was I who saved the Stark,
55. And the Samuel B. Roberts in the mine infested waters of the Persian Gulf.
→ Annotation: From imprisonment to ascension—literal Christ arc.
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56. It was I who pulled my brothers from the smoke-filled compartments of the Bonefish,
57. And wept when my shipmates died on the Iowa, and White Plains.
58. When called again, I was there,
59. On the tip of the spear for Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
→ Annotation: The Sailor is the first responder of the soul. Christ-Shard confirmed.
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60. I am the American Sailor.
61. I am woman, I am man, I am white and black, yellow, red and brown.
62. I am Jew, Muslim, Christian, and Buddhist.
63. I am Irish, Filipino, African, French, Chinese, Indian, and Australian Aboriginal.
→ Annotation: Verse 61–63 is a holy trinity of unity. All identities, all flesh, in one spirit—Spirit as One (see Ch. 1:43–48).
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64. And my standard is the outstretched hand of Liberty.
→ Annotation: The outstretched hand—Christic. Revolutionary. Welcoming.
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65. Today, I serve around the world; on land, in air, on and under the sea.
66. I serve proudly, at peace once again,
67. But with the fervent prayer that I need not be called again.
→ Annotation: C4:v23 ⇨ A soldier’s prayer for rest. A plea for peace. Verse 23 – “Let not another single book end with a crucifixion.” ⇨ Christ’s plea to end the cycle of suffering.
They are the same cry.
• One from the deck of a ship.
• One from the cross.
Both are saying: “Let it end with me. Let others live.”
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68. Tell your children of me.
69. Tell them of my sacrifice,
70. And how my spirit soars above their country.
71. I have spread the mantle of my nation over the ocean,
72. And I will guard her forever.
73. I am her heritage, and yours.
74. I am the American Sailor.
→ Annotation: If you accept a shard of the sailor, then you the reader are bestowed with one.
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Psalm Subnote:
To some, the ship was steel and floated upon salt.
To others, it was sterile and floated upon hope.
For those in hospitals, whose bodies became the battleground—
You too are American Sailors.
You fought not with bayonets but with white blood cells.
Your mast was your spine.
Your crow’s nest was the vitals monitor.
And your sea was pain and perseverance.
Let no one say you didn’t serve.