Choir Recordings

Glorious things of you are spoken,
Sion city of our God;
he whose word cannot be broken
formed you for his own abode;
On the Rock of Ages founded,
what can shake your sure repose?
With salvation’s walls surrounded,
You may smile at all your foes.

See the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love,
well supply your sons and daughters
And all fear of want remove;
Who can faint, while such a river
Ever flows their thirst to assuage –
grace, which, like the Lord, the giver,
never fails from age to age.

Blest inhabitants of Zion,
Washed in their Redeemer’s blood;
Jesus, whom their souls rely on,
Makes them Kings and priests to God.
’Tis His love his people raises
Over self to reign as kings:
And as priests, his solemn praises,
each for a thank-offering brings.

Savior, since of Zion’s city
I, through grace, a member am,
Let the world deride or pity,
I will glory in Thy name.
Fading is the worldling’s pleasure,
All his boasted pomp and show;
solid joys and lasting treasure
None but Sion’s children know.

l How long O Lord will you so | utterly. for | get me:
how long will you | hide your | face from | me?
2 How long must I suffer anguish in my soul
and be so grieved in my heart | day and | night:
how long shall my | ene .my | triumph | over me?

3 Look upon me O Lord my | God and | answer me:
lighten my | eyes . lest I | sleep in | death;
4 Lest my enemy say ‘I have prev|ailed ag|ainst him’:
lest my foes ex |ult| at my | overthrow.

5 Yet I put my trust in your un|failing | love:
O let my heart re | joice in | your sal|vation.
6 And I will make my | song . to the | Lord:
because he | deals so | bounti.fully | with me.

Now let us from this table rise,
Renewed in body, mind, and soul;
With Christ we die and live again,
His selfless love has made us whole.

With minds alert, upheld by grace,
To spread the Word in speech and deed,
We follow in the steps of Christ,
At one with all in hope and need.

To fill each human house with love,
It is the sacrament of care;
The work that Christ began to do,
We humbly pledge ourselves to share.

Then grant us courage Father God,
To choose again the pilgrim way,
And help us to accept with joy
The challenge of tomorrow’s day.

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty,
the King of creation!
O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy
health and salvation!
All ye who hear,
brothers and sisters draw near;
praise him in glad adoration!

Praise to the Lord, who o’er all
things so wondrously reigneth,
shelters thee under his wings,
yea, so gently sustaineth
Hast thou not seen
How thy heart’s longings have been
granted in what he ordaineth?

Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper
thy work and defend thee,
surely his goodness and mercy
here daily attend thee:
ponder anew
What the Almighty can do,
Who with His love doth befriend thee.

Praise to the Lord, who, when
darkness of sin is abounding,
Who, when the godless do triumph,
all virtue confounding,
sheddeth His light,
chaseth the horrors of night,
saints with His mercy surrounding.

Praise to the Lord! O, let all that
is in me adore Him!
all that hath life and breath, come
now with praises before Him!
let the amen
sound from His people again;
gladly for aye we adore Him.

If ye love me
Keep my commandments
And I will pray the father
And he shall give you another comforter

That he
May bide with you forever
E’en the spirit of truth

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
naught be all else to me, save that thou art–
thou my best thought by day or by night,
waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.

Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word;
I ever with thee,  thou with me, Lord;
thou my great Father, I thy true son;
thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.

Be thou my battle shield, my sword for the fight;
be thou my dignity, thou my delight,
thou my soul’s shelter, thou my high tower:
raise thou me heaven-ward, O Power of my power.

Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
thou mine inheritance, now and always:
thou and thou only, first in my heart,
High King of heaven, my treasure thou art.

High King of heaven, after victory won,
may I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
still be my vision, O Ruler of all.

Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour,
first-begotten from the dead,
Thou alone, our strong Defender,
liftest up Thy people’s head.
alleluia, alleluia,
Jesus, true and living Bread!

Here our humble homage pay we,
here in loving reverence bow;
here for faith’s discernment pray we,
lest we fail to know thee now:
alleluia, alleluia
thou are here we ask not how.

Though the lowliest form doth veil thee
as of old in Bethlehem,
here as there thine angels hail thee,
branch and flower of Jesse’s stem;
alleluia, alleluia,
we in worship join with them.

Paschal Lamb! Thine off’ring finished
once for all when Thou wast slain,
in its fullness undiminished
shall forevermore remain.
alleluia, alleluia
cleansing souls from every stain.

Great High Priest of our profession,
through the veil thou enteredst in;
by Thy mighty intercession
grace and mercy Thou dost win.
alleluia, alleluia,
only sacrifice for sin.

Life-imparting heavenly manna,
stricken Rock, with streaming side,
heaven and earth with loud hosanna
worship Thee, the Lamb who died.
alleluia, alleluia,
risen, ascended, glorified!

1 Incline your ear to me O | God and | answer me:
for | I am | poor • and in | misery.
2 Preserve my life for | I am | faithful:
my God save your servant who | puts his | trust in | you,

3 Be merciful to | me O | Lord:
for I | call to • you | all the • day | long.
4 O make glad the | soul of • your | servant:
for I put my | hope in | you O | Lord.

5 For you Lord are | good • and for | giving:
of great and continuing kindness to | all who | call up| on you.
6 Hear my | prayer O | Lord :
and give heed to the | voice • of my | suppli | cation.

7 In the day of my trouble I | call up |on you:
for | you will | surely | answer.
8 Among the gods there is none like | you O | Lord:
nor are there | any | deeds like | yours.

9 All the nations you have made shall come and | worship • be| fore you:
O Lord they shall | glori | fy your | name.
10 For you are great and do | marvel- lous | things:
and | you a | lone are | God.

16 Turn to me and be merciful
give your | strength • to your | servant:
and | save the | son of • your | handmaid.
17 Show me some token | of your | goodness:
that those who hate me may see it and be ashamed
because you Lord are my | helper | and my | comforter.

O nata lux de lumine,
Jesu redemptor saeculi,
Dignare clemens supplicum
Laudes precesque sumere.

Qui carne quondam contegi
Dignatus es pro perditis,
Nos membra confer effici
Tui beati corporis.

O Light born of Light,
Jesus, redeemer of the world,
with loving-kindness deign to receive
suppliant praise and prayer.

Thou who once deigned to be clothed in flesh
for the sake of the lost,
grant us to be members
of thy blessed body.

1 I love the Lord because he | heard my | voice:
the | voice of . my | supplication;
2 Because he in|clined his | ear to me:
in the | day | that I| called to him.

11 How shall I re|pay the | Lord:
for | all his | benefits | to me?
12 I will take up the | cup of . sal|vation:
and | call up.on the | name . of the | Lord.

13 I will pay my | vows . to the | Lord:
in the | presence . of | all his | people.
14 Grievous in the | sight . of the | Lord:
is the | death | of his | faithful ones.

15 O Lord I am your servant
your servant and the | child of . your | handmaid:
you | have un|loosed my | bonds.
16 I will offer you a sacrifice of | thanks|giving:
and | call up.on the | name . of the | Lord.

17 I will pay my | vows . to the | Lord:
in the | presence . of | all his | people,
18+ In the courts of the | house . of the | Lord:
even in your midst O Jerusalem | Praise |- the | Lord.