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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 | |
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| 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.
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| Audio recording: |  Audio (MP3) |
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