Monday, March 5, 2018

Psalm 51

This is probably THE Lenten Psalm of all the Psalms; so, I tried to make it penitential.  I'm not sure if the second chord on the second line works, but nonetheless, I'm sticking with it. 


Monday, February 26, 2018

Psalms 47 and 48



1.   Clap your hand, | all you | peoples;*
         shout to God | with a | cry of | joy.

2.   For the Lord Most High is | to be | feared;*
         he is the great King | over | all the | earth.

3.   He subdues the peoples under us,*
         and the | nations | under our | feet.

4.   He chooses our inheri- | tance for | us.*
         the pride of | Jacob | whom he | loves.

5.   God has gone up | with a | shout,*
         the Lord with | the sound | of the | ram's-horn.

6.   Sing praises to God, sing praises;*
         sing praises to our King, sing praises.

7.   For God is King of all the earth;*
         sing prai- | ses with | all your | skill.

8.   God reigns | over the | nations;*
         God sits | upon his | holy | throne.

9.   The nobles of the peoples have | gathered to- | gether;*
         with the people | of the | God of | Abraham.

10. The rulers of the earth | belong to | God,*
         and | he is | highly ex- | alted.




1.   Great is the LORD, and highly | to be | praised; *
         in the city of our God is his holy hill.


2.   Beautiful and lofty, the joy of all the earth, is the | hill of | Zion, *
         the very center of the world and the | city of | the great | King.

3.   God is | in her | citadels; * 
         he is known | to be | her sure | refuge.

4.   Behold, the kings of | the earth | assembled * 
         and | marched for- | ward to- | gether.

5.   They looked and | were a- | stounded; *
         they re- | treated and | fled in | terror.

6.   Trembling | seized them | there; * 
         they writhed like a woman in childbirth, 
         like ships of the sea when the | east wind | shatters | them.

7.   As we have heard, so have we seen,
         in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city | of our | God; *
         God has | es- tablished | her for- | ever.

8.   We have waited in silence on your  | loving-kindness, O | God, * 
         in | the midst | of your | temple.

9.   Your praise, like your Name, O God, reaches to | the world's | end; *
        your right | hand is | full of | justice.

10. Let Mount Zion be gladand the cities of | Judah | rejoice, *
        be- | cause of |your judg- | ments.

11. Make the circuit of Zion; walk | round about | her; *
        count the | number | of her | towers.

12. Consider well her bulwarks; | examine her | strongholds; *
        that you may | tell those | who come | after.

13. This God is our God for- | ever and | ever; * 
he shall | be our | guide for | evermore.