Psalms for All Seasons ‎#31B

31B. You Are My Rock

Text Information

• First Line: Be for me a rock and a stronghold
• Title: You Are My Rock
• Author: Julie Howard
• Refrain First Line: You are my rock
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Psalm 31
• Topic: Church Year: Good Friday; Church Year: Lent; Church Year: Passion/Palm Sunday; Comfort and Encouragement; Courage; Cry to God; Enemies; Freedom; God as: Refuge; God as: Rock; God as: Shelter; God's: Sorrow; God's: Armor; God's: Faithfulness; God's: Love; God's: Protection; Lament: General; Lament: Illness; Lament: Individual; Life Stages: Death; Mercy; Occasional Services: Funerals; People of God / Church: Serving; People of God / Church: Suffering; Prayer; Rest; Salvation; Sorrow; Suffering; Temptation And Trial; Trust; Year A, B, C, Holy Week, Holy Saturday; Year A, B, C, Lent, Liturgy of the Passion; Year A, Easter, 5th Sunday; Year A, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, 9th Sunday; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, May 29-June 4; Settings Especially Appropriate for Children
• Copyright: © 1992 Liturgical Press
• ONE LICENSE: 90316

Tune Information

• Name: [Be for me a rock and a stronghold]
• Composer: Julie Howard
• Arranger: Vera Lyons
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: © 1992 Liturgical Press
• Notes: This song comes from the collection Sing for Joy: Psalm Settings for God’s Children (The Liturgical Press). It allows for improvisation and simple layering of textures. One group may sing an echo on the refrain by delaying their entrance by two beats, joining with the other singers on the last “I trust in you.” The bell part for the refrain can also be played on chimes or Orff instruments. The verses are like a simple chant melody and may be accompanied by some voices singing the counter melody. Harmony part for Stanzas and Bell part for refrain included.