Psalms for All Seasons ‎#92B

92B. Mah Gadl (Oh, How Great Are Your Works)

Hebrew:
Mah gadlu maasecha Yah,
m'od amku machsh'votecha.
Hal'luyah. Hal'luyah.
Hal'luyah. Hal'luyah.

English:
Oh, how great are your works, O LORD,
your thoughts, they are very deep.
Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Text Information

• First Line: Mah gadlu maasecha Yah (Oh, how great are your works, O LORD
• Title: Mah Gadl (Oh, How Great Are Your Works)
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Psalm 92:5
• Topic: Biblical Names and Places: Lebanon; Delight; Elements of Worship: Call to Worship; Elements of Worship: Gathering; Elements of Worship: Praise and Adoration; God as: Refuge; God as: Deliverer; God's: Sovereignty; God's: Wonders; God's: Faithfulness; Gratitude; Joy; Judgment; Life Stages: Old Age; Musical Instruments; Ten Commandments: 4th Commandment (remember the Sabbath); The Creation; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 12-18 (if after Trinity Sunday); Year C, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, 8th Sunday; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, May 24-28 (if after Trinity Sunday); Settings Especially Appropriate for Children; Texts in Languages Other than English: Hebrew

Tune Information

• Name: [Oh, how great are your works]
• Composer: Shefa Gold
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: © 1994 Shefa Gold
• Notes: This song may be sung by the congregation as a two-part canon. It is also effective to have the congregation sing only part 2 (“Hallelujah”), divided evenly between lead and echo, with a soloist or ensemble singing the text of part 1. This simple chant forms a wonderful meditative prayer that can frame the reading of this psalm or any Scripture reading.