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Psalm 25: To You, O Lord

Hymn on ONE LICENSE

Lord, make me know your ways, Teach me your paths

Author: Marty Haugen
Tune: [To you, O God, I lift my soul] (Haugen)
ONE LICENSE: 00168
Published in 7 hymnals


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Author: Marty Haugen

Marty Haugen (b. 1950), is a prolific liturgical composer with many songs included in hymnals across the liturgical spectrum of North American hymnals and beyond, with many songs translated into different languages. He was raised in the American Lutheran Church, received a BA in psychology from Luther College, yet found his first position as a church musician in a Roman Catholic parish at a time when the Roman Catholic Church was undergoing profound liturgical and musical changes after Vatican II. Finding a vocation in that parish to provide accessible songs for worship, he continued to compose and to study, receiving an MA in pastoral studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota. A number of liturgical settings were prepar… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Lord, make me know your ways, Teach me your paths
Title: Psalm 25: To You, O Lord
Author: Marty Haugen
Refrain First Line: To you, O Lord, I lift my soul (Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth)
Publication Date: 1996
Copyright: Refrain trans. © 1969, ICEL; © 1982, GIA Publications, Inc.
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Timeline

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Instances

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)

Gather (3rd ed.) #39

Gather (3rd ed.) #39

Gather Comprehensive #36

Gather Comprehensive #36

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #26

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #26

Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song #35

Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song #35

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #42

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #42

RitualSong #53

RitualSong #53

Worship (4th ed.) #39

Worship (4th ed.) #39
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