Glory to God ‎#214

214. You Are My Refuge, Faithful God (Psalm 31)

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Text Information

• First Line: You are my refuge, faithful God
• Title: You Are My Refuge, Faithful God (Psalm 31)
• Author: David Gambrell (2009)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Psalm 31
  ;
  Luke 23:46
• Topic: Christian Year: Palm Sunday; Christian Year: Maundy Thursday; Christian Year: Good Friday; God's Covenant with Israel; Jesus Christ: Passion and Death; Lament; Redemption; Trust
• Copyright: © 2011 David Gambrell (admin. Presbyterian Publishing Corp.)
• ONE LICENSE: 97146

Tune Information

• Name: MORNING SONG
• Harmonizer: C. Winfred Douglas (1940)
• Meter: CM
• Key: f minor
• Source: Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813
• Copyright: Harm. © 1943, 1961, 1985 Church Pension Fund

Text Information:

What John Calvin said about Psalm 31:5 can be applied to this paraphrase of the psalm as a whole: it is one of the places in scripture “most suitable for correcting distrust.” That verse was on Jesus’ dying lips (Luke 23:46), and this psalm is appointed for Passion/Palm Sunday.