Psalms for All Seasons ‎#17B

17B. Lord, Bend Your Ear

Text Information

• First Line: I am innocent, O Lord!
• Title: Lord, Bend Your Ear
• Author: Jeffrey Honoré
• Refrain First Line: Lord, bend your ear and hear my prayer
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Psalm 17
• Topic: Church Year: Lent; Daily Prayer: Night Prayer; Enemies; Eternal Life; God as: Refuge; God's: Righteousness; God's: Wings; God's: Love; Hope; Innocence; Joy; Lament: False Accusation; Lament: General; Lament: Individual; Occasional Services: Funerals; Salvation; Temptation And Trial; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 31-August 6; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, November 6-12
• Source: Lectionary for Mass (Refrain)
• Copyright: Refrain © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation; Verses ©1994 World Library Publications

Tune Information

• Name: [I am innocent, O, Lord]
• Composer: Jeffrey Honoré
• Key: c minor
• Copyright: © 1994 World Library Publications
• Notes: This setting lifts up Ps. 17:1, 8, and 15, the traditional verses recited in the service of night prayer. It is appropriate to sing and meditate on these verses at times when we must put our trust in God. In fact, each night when we go to sleep we place our lives in God’s care, confident that we will awaken in God’s presence, whether in this world or another. These three stanzas may be sung in conjunction with a full reading of the psalm. Sing st. 1; read Ps. 17:1-7; sing st. 2; read Ps. 17:8-15; sing st. 3.