Psalm 121
Anthem for SATB Choir and Soprano Solo, unaccompanied
Psalm 121 has long been a text that I have felt a connection with, and several settings of this text are among some of my favorite sacred anthems. This compelling text offers composer several opportunities for text painting, which inspired me to write my own setting.
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I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Psalm 121 (anthem)
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