While I have been taking years to fully appreciate Paul Mason’s psalms in Psalms For All Times, it has become Volume One of a three volume set. I’ve just bought my copy of volume two and I will get around to that in the future (… and volume three eventually).
Some psalms are available for individual purchase at his site, but not this one, so you will have to purchase the collection to get it. Some psalms have wonderful recordings for our listening pleasure there, but by no means all. His YouTube channel only has a few of his psalms up, unfortunately. For me that means, only really knowing “Our Blessing Cup” because we did it at my previous parish, and having no skills on a keyboard, I am having to make my usual backing to hear most of these songs.
I suspect Mason forgot he was setting psalms for church and just wrote good songs instead, happy to do a little tinkering with some repetitions and minor rearrangements here and there.
This psalm is for the First Sunday in Advent year C and a common psalm for that season in any case. He also suggest it for gifts or an entrance. I don’t have the resources to use this as a proper psalm but for my local purposes I think these songs fit will fit better just as hymns and good songs generally.
The text is probably in your missal but surprisingly hard to find on the web. The text is the same one Kate Keefe set and do check out her amazing site while you are there.
Mason says the syncopation expresses the urgency of anticipation in Advent. I just hear a bossa.