Liturgical Uses: Responsorial psalm
Refrain:
"In you, O Lord, I have found my peace."
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Verses:
1) O Lord, my heart is not proud,
Nor my eyes haughty in your sight;
I busy not myself with great things,
Nor with things too sublime for me.
2) Nay rather I have stilled and quieted my soul
Like a weaned child, like a weaned child on its mother's lap.
3) Benediction:
O Israel, hope in the Lord, both now and forever.
Arrangement:
Vocal:
Refrain: SAT Choir
Verses: Cantor
Instruments:
Piano with guitar and bass
Piano with guitar and bass
Availability:
Sheet Music:
Lead sheet.
Order from Wood Harbor Music
Recorded Versions:
In the works, but not yet available
Composer's Notes:
My inspiration for the verses is Ralph McTell's poignant yet melancholy composition From Claire to Here. Here the verses are a simplification of his descending melody, but reach a different destination. The refrain remains relatively simple, yet the repeated text is first proclaimed more boldly with the rising melody, and more simply in the second phrase.
In a complicated, over-stimulated world we live in, this psalm keeps it simple and peaceful. I love the imagery of the second verse, particularly that of the satisfied and quiet child on a mother's lap. Most recently, I've had the pleasure of babysitting the one-year old daughter of my friend Mary (who is a featured singer on Praise for the New Dawn). The first few times, she would fall asleep in my lap. At those times, I completely understood the second verse!
