Psalms for All Seasons ‎#41B

41B. Psalm 41 (A Responsorial Reading)

Refrain:
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!

1 What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!

2 Are we weak and heavy laden?
Take it to the Lord in prayer.

3 Have we trials and temptations?
Take it to the Lord in prayer.

4 Do your friends despise, forsake you?
Take it to the Lord in prayer.

5 Precious Savior, still our refuge!
Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Text Information

• First Line: What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer
• Title: Psalm 41 (A Responsorial Reading)
• Author: Joseph M. Scriven (1855)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Psalm 41
• Topic: Biblical Names and Places: Israel; Doxologies; God as: Healer; Integrity; Lament: General; Lament: Individual; Poverty; Ten Commandments: 9th Commandment (do not bear false witness); Year B, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, 7th Sunday
• Source: Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Psalm text)
• Copyright: Psalm text © 2006 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, admin. Augsburg Fortress Publishers
• Notes: Responsive refrain to reading of Psalm 41. Tone included for chanting. This psalm may be spoken or chanted with a single refrain or with a series of phrases from the hymn “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.” The final verse of doxology is a conclusion not only of this psalm, but, more significantly, also marks the end of Book 1 of the Psalter. The double amen should be the final word.

Tune Information

• Name: BEACH SPRING (fragment)
• Harmonizer: A. Royce Eckhardt (1972)
• Key: G Major
• Source: The Sacred Harp, Philadelphia, 1833
• Copyright: Harm. © 1972 Covenant Publication (harmonizer) ; Tone © 2011 Faith Alive Christian Resources