83A. Do Not Keep Silent, O God
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Text Information |
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First Line: |
Your enemies rise up in tumult |
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Title: |
Do Not Keep Silent, O God |
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Author: |
Iona Community |
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Publication Date: |
2012 |
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Scripture: |
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Topic: |
Biblical Names and Places: Amalek; Biblical Names and Places: Ammon; Biblical Names and Places: Assyria; Biblical Names and Places: Edom; Biblical Names and Places: En-dor; Biblical Names and Places: Hagarites; Biblical Names and Places: Ishmaelites; Biblical Names and Places: Israel; Biblical Names and Places: Jabin; Biblical Names and Places: Lot; Biblical Names and Places: Midian; Biblical Names and Places: Moab; Biblical Names and Places: Oreb; Biblical Names and Places: Philistia; Biblical Names and Places: Sisera; Biblical Names and Places: Tyre; Biblical Names and Places: Zalmunna; Biblical Names and Places: Zeeb; God as: Judge; God's: Vengeance; Lament: Community; Lament: General; Life Stages: Death (20 more...) |
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Refrain First Line: |
Do not keep silent, O God |
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Notes: |
Sung angrily. keep the half-note pulse steady from the refrain to the verses. |
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Copyright: |
© 1993 Wild Goose Resource Group, Iona Community, Scotland, GIA Publications, Inc., exclusive North American agent |
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Tune Information |
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Name: |
TEMPEST WIND |
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Composer: |
Iona Community |
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Key: |
c minor |
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Copyright: |
© 1993 Wild Goose Resource Group, Iona Community, Scotland, GIA Publications, Inc., exclusive North American agent |
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Notes: |
John Bell commends this setting as a community lament—a protest song in which the people of God
ask that those who are not merely political enemies but the enemies of heaven might be put down. The
stanzas could be sung by a solo voice, but since this is a community lament, they should be sung by several
people (e.g., men and women alternating). For the stanzas, the pulse is maintained and the text is chanted
within these half-note pulses. The dissonance at the last chord of the verses is intentional. |
