Tag Archives: Psalms

Psalm: Creation (The Cornucopia of Heaven)

Psalm: Creation After Joseph Haydn, “Die Schöpfung: Erster Teil” Why all these bodies, and why should persons be able to communicate with each other? And why trees and earth and water and fire and wind and lions and lambs and lilies and birds and bread and wine? (John Piper, This Momentary Marriage)

Psalm: Lilies (The Cornucopia of Heaven)

After Antonio Vivaldi, “Le Quattro Stagioni – La Primavera: II. Largo”  Creator God, whose praise and power are proclaimed by the whole creation: receive our morning prayers, we pray… (A Prayer Book for Australia) Consider         how the lilies open – Watch them enter     into light… Solomon in all his        splendour wasContinue reading “Psalm: Lilies (The Cornucopia of Heaven)”

Psalm: Birdsong (The Cornucopia of Heaven #4)

Psalm: Birdsong After Olivier Messiaen, “Catalogue d’Oiseaux”  O praise the Lord from the earth… Beasts of the wild, and all cattle:             creeping things and winged birds…                         (Psalm 148:7a, 10)

Canticle (The Cornucopia of Heaven #3)

Canticle After Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, “Venite Exultemus Domino”   So lift – lift high the horn of praise O praise – O come to praise the One who made the dawn and made the stars and gave the dawn to brighten hearts and praise the morning star of Truth, praise Him who hurls! the hailContinue reading “Canticle (The Cornucopia of Heaven #3)”

Call to Praise (The Cornucopia of Heaven #2)

Call to Praise After Gustav Holst, “Psalm 148: Lord, Who Has Made Us for Thine Own”   His glory is above earth and heaven:             and he has lifted high the horn of his people.                         (Psalm 148:14) Listen: what begins small soon grows… Let our voices rise –  Continue reading “Call to Praise (The Cornucopia of Heaven #2)”

The Cornucopia of Heaven – Prayer of Preparation

Prayer of Preparation After Gustav Holst, “Psalm 86: To My Humble Supplication” Teach my dullness, guide my blindness (Joseph Bryan) We begin small – a seed, a pod, a bud, soon bursting, soon breaking out into light. Hear strings rise. Hear spirits lift their weary, slowing hands. See the sun open up the day. SeeContinue reading “The Cornucopia of Heaven – Prayer of Preparation”

Psalm 131: Humility and Submission

Yesterday I posted a poem based on the beautiful Psalm 131. It is one of the shortest psalms in the Bible, yet one which I have found particularly comforting at times of emotional and psychological distress. Today I am posting a recording I have made of a new musical setting of Isaac Watts’ hymn basedContinue reading “Psalm 131: Humility and Submission”

From Ashes Part 6: Soul, Be Still (Psalm 131)

Soul, be still, quiet, mind: the Lord of all hems in, behind.   Take courage, heart, unravel, thoughts: the first, the last is your resort.   No need to run, unburden feet: the good begun He will complete.   O anxious child, your father keeps your mind, though wild; He bids you sleep.   ComeContinue reading “From Ashes Part 6: Soul, Be Still (Psalm 131)”