Psalm 60

Laura Richling

Help us with your right hand, O Lord, and answer us.
You have rocked the country and split it open;
repair the cracks in it for it is tottering.
Help us with your right hand, O Lord, and answer us.

Have not you, O God rejected us, so that you go not forth, O God, with our armies?
Give us aid against the foe for worthless is the help of men.
Help us with your right hand, O Lord, and answer us.

Proper 21 (II) Psalm 19 - Sipple

Peter Sipple Psalm 19: 7-14 Epiphany 3-Year C; Lent 3-Year B; also Proper 19-Year B, Proper 21-Year B

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight. O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.
7. The law of the Lord is perfect and revives the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure and gives wisdom to the innocent.
8. The statutes of the Lord are just and rejoice the heart; the commandment of the Lord is clear and gives light to the eyes.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight. O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.
9. The fear of the Lord is clean and endures for ever; the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
10. More to be desired are they than gold, more than much fine gold, sweeter far than honey, than honey in the comb.
11. By them also is your servant enlightened, and in keeping them there is great reward.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight. O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.
12. Who can tell how often he offends? cleanse me from my secret faults.
13. Above all, keep your servant from presumptuous sins; let them not get dominion over me; then shall I be whole and sound, and innocent of a great offence.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight. O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.

Blessed feasts of blessed martyrs

Moore

1 Blessed feasts of blessed martyrs,
Holy women, holy men,
With our love and admiration,
Greet we your return again.
Worthy deeds are theirs, and wonders,
Worthy of the name they bore;
We, with joyful praise and singing,
Honor them for evermore.

2 Faith prevailing, hope unfailing,
Loving Christ with single heart,
Thus they, glorious and victorious
Bravely bore the martyr's part
By contempt of every anguish,
By unyielding battle done;
Victors at the last, they triumph
With the host of angels one.

3 Therefore, all that reign in glory,
Strong and sure with Christ on high,
Join to ours your supplication
When before him we draw nigh,
Praying that, this life completed,
All its fleeting moments past,
By his grace we may be worthy
Of eternal bliss at last.

Proper 6 (II) Psalm 32 - Sipple

Peter Sipple Psalm 32 Proper 6-Year C-II; Lent 4-Year C; Lent 1-Year A

Happy are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and whose sin is put away!
2. Happy are they to whom the Lord imputes no guilt, and in whose spirit there is no guile!
3. While I held my tongue, my bones withered away, because of my groaning all day long.
4. For your hand was heavy upon me day and night; my moisture was dried up as in the heat of summer.
Happy are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and whose sin is put away!
5. Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and did not conceal my guilt.
6. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord." Then you forgave me the guilt of my sin.
7. Therefore all the faithful will make their prayers to you in time of trouble; when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach them.
Happy are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and whose sin is put away!

Proper 20 (I) Psalm 1 - Sipple

Peter Sipple Proper 20-Year B; Proper 18-Year C-II; Easter 7-Year B; Epiphany 6 Year C Psalm 1; Proper 25-Year A-II

Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked; nor lingered in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seats of the scornful!
2. Their delight is in the law of the Lord, and they meditate on his law day and night.
3. They are like trees planted by streams of water, bearing fruit in due season, with leaves that do not wither; everything they do shall prosper.
Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked; nor lingered in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seats of the scornful!
4. it is not so with the wicked; they are like chaff which the wind blows away.
5. Therefore the wicked shall not stand upright when judgment comes, nor the sinner in the council of the righteous.
6. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked is doomed.
Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked; nor lingered in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seats of the scornful!

Vouchsafe admit thy gracious ear

R. Gard

Vouchsafe, admit thy gracious ears,
With mild regard for to attend
The prayers, that a plaining heart
With sorrowing sighs to thee doth send:
And let thereto, o loving Lord,
Thy insight and thy truth accord.

Amid the darkness led am I,
Where lack of light sin’s view denies:
I live a life more like to death,
While dead from grace my body lies,
And where as care through secret smart
Sends anguish to afflict my heart.

But I, O Lord, recall to mind
What thou hast done in time before,
And how thy Justice hath been great,
But how thy Mercy hath been more.
Thus hope of help still comfort gives,
While Mercy still with Justice lives.

But since my hope is firm in thee,
Let me betimes thy mercy have,
The way of health make known to me,
My feet from erring paths to save.
To thee only my soul retires:
Thy mercy only it desires.

Proper 26 (I) Psalm 119 - Sipple

Peter Sipple Psalm 119: 137-144 Proper 26-Year C

Happy are they whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!
137. You are righteous, O Lord, and upright are your judgments.
138. You have issued your decrees with justice and in perfect faithfulness.
Happy are they whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!
139. My indignation has consumed me, because my enemies forget your words.
140. Your word has been tested to the uttermost, and your servant holds it dear.
141. I am small and of little account, yet I do not forget your commandments.
Happy are they whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!
142. Your justice is an everlasting justice and your law is the truth.
143. Trouble and distress have come upon me, yet your commandments are my delight.
144. The righteousness of your decrees is everlasting; grant me understanding, that I may live.
Happy are they whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!

Trinity Sunday - Psalm 29 - Sipple

Peter Sipple - Trinity Sunday-Year B; Epiphany 1-Years A, B and C

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his Name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
1. Ascribe to the Lord, you gods, Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
3. The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the Lord is upon the mighty waters.
4. The voice of the Lord is a powerful voice; the voice of the Lord is a voice of splendour.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his Name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
5. The voice of the Lord breaks the cedar trees; The Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon;
6. He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Mount Hermon like a young wild ox.
7. The voice of the Lord splits the flames of fire; the voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his Name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
8. The voice of the Lord makes the oak trees writhe and strips the forest bare.
9. And in the temple of the Lord all are crying, Glory!
10. The Lord sits enthroned above the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as King for evermore.
11. The Lord shall give strength to his people; The Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his Name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

Ave Maria - Latin chant

Mode I chant

Ave Maria, gratia plena,
Dominus tecum,
benedicta tu in mulieribus,
et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei,
ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.
Amen.

How firm a foundation

American traditional

1. How firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord,
is laid for your faith in his excellent Word!
What more can he say than to you he has said,
to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled.

2. "Fear not, I am with you, O be not dismayed;
for I am your God, and will still give you aid;
I'll strengthen you, help you, and cause you to stand,
upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.

3. "When through the deep waters I call you to go,
the rivers of sorrow shall not overflow;
for I will be with you, your troubles to bless,
and sanctify to you your deepest distress.

4. "The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to his foes;
that soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I'll never, no never, no never forsake."