This is a song by Marist Priest Kevin Bates. It comes from Psalm 32 but our liturgy teams have used it at other times and also just as a response when it fitted. Listen to the snippet here to see how gently it has to be done. It is often sung these days with gender neutral terms for God, but that isn’t the text in AOV 1. This young lady does a fine job singing the altered lyrics.
It can be purchased for download at As One Voice.
My backing lacks a little subtlety.
Refrain
Lord let your mercy be on us
as we place our trust in you.Verse 1
The word of the Lord is faithfulness and love.
His love can never be measured.His beauty is like nothing we have ever seen,
so let us place our trust in him.Refrain
Verse 2
The word of the Lord means a patient, gentle God.
His love can never grow weary.His mercy is as though our sins have never been,
if we can place our trust in him.Refrain
Verse 3
The word of the Lord is fire burning strong
His love can never grow weary.He will seek and save the lost until we all return,
so let us place our trust in him.Refrain
© Kevin Bates 1989.