Who are you that I should pray for you?

A man devout in fasting,prayer and plea
Made much of what his  holiness would do
But pride became his friend  when  he  told me
Who are you that I should pray for you?

I am you, I told him like the bell
That rings when someone dies or sin to quell
God made you and  God made me as well.
My advice is, get you to a cell.

For though we do good deeds and even pray
We cannot judge ourselves to be  the saved
We  are wandering on the earthly way
We cannot know how others should behave.

If I’m unworthy,I  trust that God perceives
I trust his mercy to like souls bereaved

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A man devout in fasting,prayer and pleas
Made much of what his holiness could do
But pride became a flaw when he told me
Who are you that I should pray for you?

I am you, I told him, like the bell
That rings when someone dies or sin to quell
God made you and God made me as well.
Such a man makes heaven seem like hell

For though we do good deeds and even pray
We cannot judge ourselves to be the saved
We struggle on the dangerous, frightening way
We cannot judge our sin or other’s grace

If I’m so low ,then God shall me perceive
I trust him with my heart and I believe