Fishing Prayer - Ghana

Upon seeing the commercial boats plying the waters, and the recreational fisher folk playing the shores, here is a prayer for your fishermen.

Blessed Be

Joel

Lord I sing your praise
the whole day through, until the night.
Dad’s nets are filled; I have helped him.
We have drawn them in, stamping the rhythm with
our feet,
the muscles tense.
We have sung your praise.

On the beach there were our mammies,
who brought the blessings out of the nets,
out of the nets and into their basins.
They rushed to the market, returned and bought again.
Lord, what a blessing is the sea, with fish in plenty.
Lord, that is the story of your grace:
nets tear, and we succumb because we can not hold
them.

Lord, with your praise we drop off to sleep.
Carry us through the night.
Make us fresh for the morning.
Hallelujah for the day!
And blessing for the night!
Amen
Ghana traditional prayer

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I found this prayer a while back, and in looking for a reference, I now can't find one. Apparently it comes from a book of African Prayers by Desmond Tutu, but looks like it also maybe found in the Oxford Book of Prayer. I'm not sure of it's original source.