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Why think dirty? Why act thirsty? Jesus gave you plenty Are your desires even necessary? Temporary life Eternal after life Fleeting moments Hopeless torments Today I do your will And this daily bread will be my fill
Hear the words of the psalm brother: “If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.”
Extraordinary singing and organ accompaniment so subtle. Can you hear that one low bass singer who sings with such sensitivity---put headphones on. Thank you for uploading this. It just takes everything else out of your mind---this is real mindfullness! However, you have used pictures of the choir with Cleobury, whose performance of the same psalm setting is quite different than Ledger.
I ask help anyone, I think I saw on this or another similar channel another beautiful rendition of a psalm that went “fret not thyself because of the ungodly”, but can’t find it anymore on RU-vid. I think it was from the wells cathedral choir. Does anyone know where I can find it?
Psalms 124 [Coverdale] (1535) IF THE Lord himself had not been on our side, now may Israel say : if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us; 2 They had swallowed us up quick : when they were so wrathfully displeased at us. 3 Yea, the waters had drowned us : and the stream had gone over our soul. 4 The deep waters of the proud : had gone even over our soul. 5 But praised be the Lord : who hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth. 6 Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler : the snare is broken, and we are delivered. 7 Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth. Gloria Patri Doxology Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen.
Is this under the direction of Philip Ledger, as stated in the summary, or of David Willcocks, as shown on the album cover, and whose photograph is featured?
Lord God Glory to Thee, transfiguring our lives with deeds of love Glory to Thee, making wonderfully Sweet the keeping of Thy commandments Glory to Thee, making Thyself known where man shows mercy on his neighbour Glory to Thee, sending us failure and misfortune that we may understand the sorrows of others Glory to Thee, rewarding us so well for the good we do Glory to Thee, welcoming the impulse of our heart's love Glory to Thee, raising to the heights of heaven every act of love in earth and sky Glory to Thee, O God, from age to age Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, Amen “But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.” Psalms 5:11
We are along a wide pond and deep are these crevasses. Who likes a 1000 'spouse' (formality) trade of signatures instead of marriages to move single household goods?
Ive left the church. Ive struggled with my faith and my doubts won out; my faith has died a death of a thousand cuts But by God, if He really is out there, the pain I feel because of the beauty of things like this is what He'll use to bring me back
I looked for something to bring me back. More liturgy, less liturgy, more this, less that. Anything. Something struck me one day. One thing. One does not need to teach a child to lie. He figures it out on his own. That corruption isn't just "nobody's perfect", it is a heinous crime. Compared to the standard, which is God, one lie is an unforgivable and heinous act. Even if nobody believed the Gospel ever again, if they adopted the idea that any lie, theft, curse, cheating, physical abuse, mental abuse, selfishness or any of the other multitude of things we are constantly tempted to do was a lot worse than they view it now, this would be a better world. That will never happen because people believe "nobody's perfect" and the only one that really has to forgive them is themselves. God has to forgive. That is what drew ME back. I am contributing to the insanity of this world even though it isnt as much as others, it is more than others. I am a sinner and I need God's forgiveness, not my own, not society's. God's. The cringeworthy stuff you look back on and then push it out of your mind? Things you've done and nobody else knows. Things youve done to someone else. That thing you stole. That girl you treated like garbage and destroyed her for a year or more while you didn't care. Whatever it was. Those are the things that cursed us by God. That is why Adam is our representative. That is why original sin exists. We ARE Adam and we would have disobeyed God exactly as Adam and Eve, the first priests of Man before God did. The desire to have God and not anyone else forgive the evil I've done in my life is why I came back and the only reason ANYONE should come back. He proves is separated from God unless he DOES come back.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my being in a choir singing Psalms since a boy chorister. Choral Evensong on the BBC has been heard by me both in the UK , at sea and around the world. Thank you.
PSALM 84. Quam dilecta! O HOW amiable are thy dwellings : thou Lord of hosts! 2 My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young : even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will be alway praising thee. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee : in whose heart are thy ways. 6 Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well : and the pools are filled with water. 7 They will go from strength to strength : and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer : hearken, O God of Jacob. 9 Behold, O God our defender : and look upon the face of thine Anointed. 10 For one day in thy courts : is better than a thousand. 11 I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God : than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 12 For the Lord God is a light and defence : the Lord will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life. 13 O Lord God of hosts : blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee. from www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/the-book-of-common-prayer/psalter/psalms-82-85
Wonderful! Only quibble is that the pictures show Stephen Cleobury and (later) David Willcocks, whereas this recording was actually made under Philip Ledger.
