Musical Psalm for Friday in the Third Week of Advent




Part of Steven Faux's Psalms Project, Volume II, this track was inspired by footage James Faux filed while on the front of a car as it broadcast a popular gospel song round Kyampisi village in Uganda.

The singer only sings the first two verses of the Psalm, so here's the whole thing from the Book of Common Prayer:


Psalm 67

May God be merciful to us and bless us,
show us the light of his countenance and come to us.

Let your ways be known upon earth,
your saving health among all nations.

Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you judge the peoples with equity and guide all the nations upon earth.


Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.

The earth has brought forth her increase;
may God, our own God, give us his blessing.

May God give us his blessing,
and may all the ends of the earth stand in awe of him.










Comments

Bill Bynum said…
A celebration of life with infectious enthusiasm in the context of the Psalm
I know, this is so joyous, isn't it? It reminded me of a neighbor who lived in Africa for a year and talked about how people would dance, even though there were so many sad things in the community. I sort of got that when I watched the video.