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Psalm 2 (A Responsorial Setting)

The Lord is King, with trembling bow in worship (You are my son; this day have I begotten you)

Author (General refrain): Martin Tel
Tune: [The Lord is King; with trembling bow in worship]
Published in 2 hymnals


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Author (General refrain): Martin Tel

Martin Tel is the C. F. Seabrook Director of Music at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. He conducts the seminary choirs, teaches courses in church music, and administers the music for the daily seminary worship services. He served as senior editor of Psalms for All Seasons: A Complete Psalter for Worship (2012). His love for music began in a dairy barn in rural Washington State, where he heard his father belt out psalms and hymns while milking the cows. Martin earned degrees in church music and theology from Dordt College, the University of Notre Dame, Calvin Theological Seminary, and the University of Kansas. He has served as minister of music in Christian Reformed, Reformed Church in America, and Presbyterian congre… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: The Lord is King, with trembling bow in worship (You are my son; this day have I begotten you)
Title: Psalm 2 (A Responsorial Setting)
Author (General refrain): Martin Tel
Source: Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Psalm text)
Publication Date: 2012
Notes: Responsorial refrain to reading of Psalm 2. Psalm tone included for chanting. Transfiguration refrain (You are my son...) from Psalm 2:7
Copyright: Psalm text @ 2006 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, admin. Augsburg Fortress Publishers; General refrain © 2011 Martin Tel, admin. Faith Alive Christian Resources

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Psalms for All Seasons #2D

Psalms for All Seasons #99B

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