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Text:As a Child Rests (Psalm 131)
Author:Christopher Walker
Tune:AS A CHILD RESTS
Composer:Christopher Walker
Media:Audio recording

474. As a Child Rests (Psalm 131)

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Text Information
First Line: My God, I am not proud
Title: As a Child Rests (Psalm 131)
Author: Christopher Walker (1988, alt.)
Refrain First Line: As a child rests in its mother's arms
Meter: Irregular
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture:
Topic: Humility; Prayer; Rest (1 more...)
Copyright: © 1988, 1989 Christopher Walker (Published by OCP)
ONE LICENSE: 80439
Tune Information
Name: AS A CHILD RESTS
Composer: Christopher Walker (1988)
Meter: Irregular
Key: C Major
Copyright: © 1988, 1989 Christopher Walker (Published by OCP)
Notes: Guitar chords do not correspond with keyboard harmony.


Text Information:

The image of the resting child in this paraphrase of Psalm 131 seems even more remarkable when this psalm is put in context. It is one of the Songs of Ascent sung by pilgrims on the way to Jerusalem. To be still in God in the midst of such activity is indeed a blessed condition.


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Audio recording: Audio (MP3)
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