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233. Psalm 139

Text Information
First Line: You know my words before they're said
Title: Psalm 139
Author: Laurie Zelman (2003)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Publication Date: 2024
Scripture:
Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 11
Copyright: ©2003 Abingdon Press (admin. Music Services).
ONE LICENSE: 58650
Notes: Text by Laurie Zelman, from Amazing Abundance: Hymns for a Growing Church (2003).
Tune Information
Name: HIXON
Composer: Mark A. Miller (2003)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 13563 213
Key: C Major
Source: arr. Christian Science Hymnal, 2017
Notes: Tune HIXON by American scholar-musician Mark A. Miller, from Amazing Abundance: Hymns for a Growing Church (2003), arr. as in the Christian Science Hymnal (2017).



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