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By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered

Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1906-45; Frederick Pratt Green, 1903- Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 17 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 9:1-14 Lyrics: 1 By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered, and confidently waiting come what may, we know that God is with us night and morning and never fails to greet us each new day. 2 Yet is this heart by the old year tormented, still evil days bring burdens hard to bear. O give our frightened souls the sure salvation for which, O Lord, you taught us to prepare. 3 And when this cup you give is filled to brimming with bitter suffering, hard to understand, we take it thankfully and without trembling, out of so good, and so beloved, a hand. 4 Yet when again, in this same world, you give us the joy we had, the brightness of your sun, we shall remember all the days we lived through, and our whole life shall then be yours alone. Topics: Close of the Year; Confidence; Eucharist; Funerals; Hope; MORNING; New Year; Providence; Suffering Used With Tune: HIGHWOOD

Bless the Lord

Author: Taizé Community Appears in 14 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 9:1 First Line: Bless the Lord, my soul Topics: God Sustainer; New Life in Christ; Praise; Taizé Songs; Transformation Used With Tune: [Bless the Lord, my soul]

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[Bless the Lord, my soul]

Appears in 28 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 Scripture: Psalm 9:1 Tune Key: d minor or modal Incipit: 53411 51174 5 Used With Text: Bless the Lord

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By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered

Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1906-45; Frederick Pratt Green, 1903- Hymnal: Together in Song #617 (1999) Meter: 11.10.11.10 Scripture: Psalm 9:1-14 Lyrics: 1 By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered, and confidently waiting come what may, we know that God is with us night and morning and never fails to greet us each new day. 2 Yet is this heart by the old year tormented, still evil days bring burdens hard to bear. O give our frightened souls the sure salvation for which, O Lord, you taught us to prepare. 3 And when this cup you give is filled to brimming with bitter suffering, hard to understand, we take it thankfully and without trembling, out of so good, and so beloved, a hand. 4 Yet when again, in this same world, you give us the joy we had, the brightness of your sun, we shall remember all the days we lived through, and our whole life shall then be yours alone. Topics: Close of the Year; Confidence; Eucharist; Funerals; Hope; MORNING; New Year; Providence; Suffering Languages: English Tune Title: HIGHWOOD

Bless the Lord

Author: Taizé Community Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #575 (2013) Scripture: Psalm 9:1 First Line: Bless the Lord, my soul Topics: God Sustainer; New Life in Christ; Praise; Taizé Songs; Transformation Languages: English Tune Title: [Bless the Lord, my soul]

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John L. Bell

b. 1949 Person Name: John L. Bell, b. 1949 Scripture: Psalm 9:3 Arranger of "[Amen siakudumisa]" in Gather Comprehensive John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal: "I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)] That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications. Emily Brink