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Text:You Are Before Me, Lord (Psalm 139)
Author:Ian Pitt-Watson
Tune:SURSUM CORDA (Smith)
Composer:Alfred Morton Smith
Media:Audio recording

28. You Are Before Me, Lord (Psalm 139)

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Text Information
First Line: You are before me, Lord, you are behind
Title: You Are Before Me, Lord (Psalm 139)
Author: Ian Pitt-Watson (1973, 1989)
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ;
Topic: Creation; Guidance; Living in Christ (1 more...)
Copyright: © 1973 Ian Pitt-Watson
ONE LICENSE: 90015
Tune Information
Name: SURSUM CORDA (Smith)
Composer: Alfred Morton Smith (1941)
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Key: D Major
Copyright: Music used by permission of Estate of Doris Wright Smith


Text Information:

The effectiveness of this paraphrase of Psalm 139:1–12, 23–24 partly derives from its imitation of the characteristic repetitions that give emotional intensity to Hebrew poetry. Such patterns of repetitiveness can also be seen in the last three notes of each phrase of the tune.


Media
Audio recording: Audio (MP3)
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