Send Out Thy Light and Thy Truth

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Send out Thy light and Thy truth, let them lead me

Tune: LUX FIAT
Published in 14 hymnals

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First Line:	Send out Thy light and Thy truth, let them lead me
Title:	Send Out Thy Light and Thy Truth
Meter:	11.10.11.10.10.10
Refrain First Line:	Send out your light and your truth
Copyright:	Copyright by The American Baptist Publication Society. Used by permission.

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Scripture References: st. 1 = Ps. 43:3 st. 2 = Ps. 139:24b The text for this prayer for divine guidance is a composite of Psalm 43:3 and Psalm 139:24b. The versification (altered) is from the 1912 Psalter. For further commentary on these psalms see PHH 42, 43, and 139. Liturgical Use: As a sung prayer for illumination before the reading and exposition of Scripture, especially for Epiphany; many other occasions in Christian worship. --Psalter Hymnal Handbook

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LUX FIAT

LUX FIAT is an excerpt from a choral work by Charles F. Gounod (b. Paris, France, 1818; d. St. Cloud, France, 1893), first published in his 1878 collection Chants Sacres. The tune has the characteristics of a twentieth-century Scripture chorus: short, simple, and effective if not overused. LUX FIAT…

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SEND OUT YOUR LIGHT AND YOUR TRUTH (Gray Psalter Hymnal 165)

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The Cyber Hymnal #5971

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Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #165

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Psalms for All Seasons: a complete Psalter for worship (2012), p.269

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Instances (1 - 5 of 5)	Title	First Line	Tune	Meter	Scripture	Date	Subject	Source
Psalms for All Seasons: a complete Psalter for worship #43A	Send Out Your Light and Your Truth	Send out your light and your truth, let them lead me	LUX FIAT	11.10.11.10	Psalm 43	2012	Affliction \| ; Broken-hearted \| ; Church Year \| Good Friday; Comfort and Encouragement \| ; Conflict \| ; Darkness \| ; Doubt \| ; Elements of Worship \| Gathering; Elements of Worship \| Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship \| Prayer for Illumination; Enemies \| ; God as \| Refuge; God's \| Light; Jesus Christ \| Parables of; Jesus Christ \| Way, Truth, and Life; Joy \| ; Lament \| Individual; Mercy \| ; Musical Instruments \| ; New Creation \| ; Occasional Services \| Funerals; Pain \| ; People of God / Church \| Citizens of Heaven; People of God / Church \| Suffering; Prayer \| ; Questioning \| ; Rest \| ; Sorrow \| ; Truth \| ; Year A, B, C, Easter, Easter vigil \| ; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 30-November 5 \| ; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 19-25 (if after Trinity Sunday) \|	<cite>Psalter</cite>, 1912
Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #165	Send Out Your Light and Your Truth	Send out your light and your truth let them lead me	LUX FIAT	11 10 11 10	Psalm 139:24; Psalm 43:3	1987	Songs for Children \| Bible Songs; Guidance \| ; Word of God \|	<i>Psalter</i>, 1912
The Cyber Hymnal #5971	Send Out Thy Light and Thy Truth	Send out Thy light and Thy truth, let them lead me	LUX FIAT	11.10.11.10.10.10				<cite>The Psalter Hymnal</cite> (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication and Bible School Work, 1912) alt.
The United Methodist Hymnal #778	Psalm 43	Send out your light and your truth	[Send out your light and your truth]		Psalm 43	1989	Psalter \|
The Worshiping Church #811	Send Out Your Light and Your Truth	Send out your light and your truth, let them lead me	LUX FLAT	Irregular	Psalm 43:3	1990	Responses, Musical \| to Scripture