After putting up a Worship Now psalm by Gabriel Wanous yesterday I recalled that they also had a free offer on this psalm for The Presentation of the Lord earlier in the year. Alas that has expired but it is still available for $US3 at their site.
It appears they are doing exactly the kind of music OCP isn’t, so maybe they have seen a niche for their style of liturgical music. If anyone wants to let me know more about Worship Now, I’m all ears.
They use ICEL for the response and CCD for the verses so they would need to be rewritten for Australia – what a mess psalms are in the English speaking world.
I must admit there is a lot to like with this upbeat song matching the praise in the psalm. I love the instructions:
1st time: Cantor, acoustic guitar, piano, synth pad.
2nd time: full band and choir.
I wish (insert envy here). You just know they have a Nord keyboard doing the synth pad. He even goes on to specify the drum style for each verse.
I paid attention to a few, but not all, of their instructions for my backing: