This is Paul Mason’s setting of Psalm 33 for the Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A (ie soon) from Psalms for All Time Volume Three – buy the sheet music from Liturgical Song. There are samples of the some of the psalms there, but not this one and also some at his Youtube page but not this one either.
The notes for this psalm are, of course, in Volume Two. I blogged the same tune, same psalm response, but for for the Second Sunday of Lent and the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time when I looked at Volume two.
I should comment on the layout of the sheet music. He has chosen absolute clarity so the pages are very uncluttered – in other words your organist will need a willing page turner. A tech nut like Mason would have everything on his big Ipad with a foot switch to turn pages but otherwise the psalms spread over enough pages to be absolutely clear so be prepared. He provides chords to keep us guitarists happy but basic guitarists will have to look up the more esoteric ones, or more likely dumb the chords down, ignore the bass runs and fudge mightily. All I can say is there is beauty in his detail if you are up to it.
This psalm is a good example: response in Gm, verses in D, but enough accidentals everywhere so you aren’t sure which key you are in. Yet the tune flows and maintains interest.
My BIAB backing aspires to the prayerfully confident style suggested. It does not attempt his wonderful keyboard arrangement, it’s just Band in a Box. There is also no ten string lute settings on BIAB.
Response
Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.
1 Ring out your joy to the Lord, O you just;
For praise is fitting from the upright.
Give thanks to the Lord upon the harp;
With a ten string lute sing him songs.
2 For the word of the Lord is upright,
And all his works to be trusted.
The Lord loves justice and right,
And his merciful love fills the earth.
3 Yes the Lord’s eyes are on those who fear him,
Who hope in his merciful love,
To rescue their soul from death,
To keep them alive in famine.