One of the most beautiful of the Gospel songs that my choir sings is called, "All of my help" made famous by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. Here is the link to it:
All of My Help
If you take time to listen to the song, please recognize that my choir does not have an orchestra behind us and all the fancy stuff that goes into an album or video. We also have to shorten the song in order to make it an appropriate length for Mass.
However, when we sing this song, we sing it just as beautifully. It is actually Psalm 121 and it is truly a prayer. Our words go like this:
I will lift up mine eyes to the hills
From whence cometh my help...
My help cometh from the Lord;
The Lord which made heaven and earth.
He said, He would not suffer thy foot,
Thy foot to be moved...
The Lord that keepeth me,
He shall not slumber nor sleep.
Oh, the Lord is thy keeper...
The Lord is thy shade,
Upon thy right hand...
Upon thy right hand...
No, the sun shall not smite thee by day,
Nor the moon by night,
He shall preserve thy soul
Even forever more.
My help, my help, my help...
All of my help
Cometh from the Lord.
There is a little more to it but this is the basic song. I just love it and believe me, when we sing it, it is a prayer...
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