Lord, Make Us Turn to You

Psalms For All Time Vol 2 by Paul Mason has psalms that can be used as hymns or in their liturgical homes. This one is Psalm 80 for the First Sunday in Advent Year B and the Fourth Sunday in Advent Year C.

The refrain is:

Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.

The verses are Psalm 80: 2ac and 3b, 15-16, 18-19.

The tune has Mason’s usual melodic inventions to maintain interest. Going to a B natural in the middle of a verse in the key of F certainly wakes you up. Each verse varies in length but has similar melodic motifs so you know you’re in the same psalm.

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