Psalm | Psalm 138 (with Nick Locke)

Opening Song:
Canticle by Jon Guerra and Taya Gaukrodger

Lyrics:
Christ as a light
Illumine and guide me
Christ as a shield
Overshadow me

Christ under me
Christ over me
Christ beside me
On my left and my right

This day be within and without me
Lowly and meek yet all powerful
Be in the heart of each to whom I speak
In the mouth of each who speaks unto me
This day be within and without me

Lowly and meek yet all powerful
Lowly and meek yet all powerful
Lowly and meek and all powerful

Christ as a light
Christ as a shield
Christ when I'm standing
Christ when I kneel
Christ here beside me
On my left and my right
Christ all around me
All my days and my nights

Passage:
1 I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart;
before the gods I sing your praise;
2 I bow down toward your holy temple
and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,
for you have exalted above all things
your name and your word.
3 On the day I called, you answered me;
my strength of soul you increased.

4 All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O LORD,
for they have heard the words of your mouth,
5 and they shall sing of the ways of the LORD,
for great is the glory of the LORD.
6 For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly,
but the haughty he knows from afar.

7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
you preserve my life;
you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
and your right hand delivers me.
8 The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me;
your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of your hands.
(Psalm 138:1–8 ESV)

Musical Reflection:
All to Jesus I Surrender (SURRENDER) by Winfield S. Weeden

Reflection Notes:
This tune was originally intended to have two-part harmonies on the verse and four-part harmonies of the refrain; the additional harmonic fullness adds to the repeated emphasis of the words “I surrender all.”

Prayer:
Almighty God, who has given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to thee and has promised that when two or three are gathered together in thy name thou will grant their requests: Fulfill now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy humble servants, as may be most expedient for them, granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come, life everlasting. Amen.
-John Chrysostom