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1B. Psalm 1 (A Responsorial Setting)

Text Information

• First Line: Happy are they who trust, who trust in the Lord
• Title: Psalm 1 (A Responsorial Setting)
• Author: Robert J. Thompson
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Psalm 1
• Topic: Atheism; Blessing; Church Year: All Saints' Day; Commitment; Conflict; Discipleship; Elements of Worship: Praise and Adoration; Emmaus Road; Endurance; Evil; God: Obedience to; God's: Seeing; God's: Will; God's: Word; God's: law; God's: Love; Jesus Christ: Good Shepherd; Jesus Christ: Mind of; Jesus Christ: Teacher; Jesus Christ: Way, Truth, and Life; Judgment; Mercy; Obedience; Remnant of Isarel; Servants of God; Truth; Wisdom Psalms; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 23-29; Year B, Easter, 7th Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, September 18-24; Year C, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, 6th Sunday; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost; September 4-10
• Source: Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Psalm text)
• Copyright: Refrain © 1986 GIA Publications, Inc.; Psalm text © 2006 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, admin. Augsburg Fortress Publishers
• ONE LICENSE: 11809
• Notes: Responsorial refrain to reading of Psalm 1. Psalm tone included for chanting.

Tune Information

• Name: [Happy are they who trust]
• Composer: Robert J. Thompson
• Arranger: Emily R. Brink, b. 1940
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: © GIA Publications Inc.
• Notes: The refrain should be sung simply and unhurriedly, feeling each bar as one. Accompaniment should be sparse. Bells or chimes can be used by playing F and C together or alternating F and C on the first beats of every measure. This pattern can continue under the reading of the psalm. At the conclusion of the psalm the refrain may be sung several times in two or three part canon.