Psalms for All Seasons ‎#107C

107C. Psalm 107:1-9, 17-37, 43 (A Responsorial Setting)

Text Information

• First Line: May those who are wise
• Title: Psalm 107:1-9, 17-37, 43 (A Responsorial Setting)
• Author: Isaac Everett
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Psalm 107
• Topic: Blessing; Church Year: Easter; Elements of Worship: Baptism; Elements of Worship: Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship: Praise and Adoration; Elements of Worship: Testimony; Fear; God as: Deliverer; God's: Sorrow; God's: Sovereignty; God's: Wonders; God's: Deeds; God's: Faithfulness; God's: Goodness; God's: Love; God's: People (flock, sheep); God's: Promise of Redemption; Gratitude; Life Stages: Children; Love; Mercy; Poverty; Prayer; Return from Exile; Salvation; Ten Commandments: 3rd Commandment (do not take the name of the Lord in vain); The Needy; Victory; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 30-November 5; Year B, Lent, 4th Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 19-25 (if after Trinity Sunday); Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 31-August 6
• Source: Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Psalm Text)
• Copyright: Refrain © Isaac Everett, admin. Church Pension Group/Church Publishing, Inc. (Words); Psalm text © 2006 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, admin. Augsburg Fortress Publishers
• Notes: Responsorial reading for Psalm 107. Tone included for chanting. For an alternate refrain and tone use "Thank You, Lord" 138B

Tune Information

• Name: [May those who are wise]
• Composer: Isaac Everett
• Arranger (keyboard acc.): Paul Detterman
• Key: B Major
• Copyright: Refrain © Isaac Everett, admin. Church Pension Group/Church Publishing, Inc. (Music); Tone © 2011 Faith Alive Christian Resources
• Notes: There are two refrains that interweave throughout Ps. 107. In the first refrain, these have been put into musical counterpoint (top and middle voices), along with the concluding verse (bottom voice). Any of these voice parts can be taken alone, or they can be put together in any permutation. The congregation could focus on the bottom part, with solo voices interweaving the top and bottom parts. Take care in singing the D-natural in the penultimate measure. It is a “blue note” that is cast against the D-sharp in the accompaniment. The alternate refrain supplies two stanza possibilities. It is possible to choose either stanza as a consistent refrain, or to alternate between the two. This Afro-American spiritual should be sung slowly, feeling the inner pulses. When the psalm text is spoken, the harmony of the refrain may be hummed under the reading.