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God is Holding Your Life
Psalm 121
1. Lift up your eyes, behold the hills / From where will help and rescue come?
We call on One who made the earth / Who blessed the stars, the moon and sun
God is holding your life / We believe
2. Turn down your gaze upon the earth...
3. Venturing out or coming home...
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Surely Goodness and Mercy
Psalm 23
Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all my life.
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Hear My Cry, O God
Psalm 61
Hear my cry, O God. Listen to my prayer.
From the end of the earth I call to you, though my heart is faint.
Let me abide with you forever.
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God, Our Home and Help
Psalm 46
God our home and help / O God, our home and help, we entrust our troubles to you.
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All of My Life
Psalm 27
1. All of my life, one thing I long for / All of my life, one thing I live for:
To see the Holy One in all of my life
2. In every breath, in every shadow / For my own eyes, one thing I pray for:
3. Teach me your ways, O God our Savior / I give my heart, I give my eyes, Lord
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We Wait In Hope For Your Word
Psalm 130
1. Out of the depths we cry to you / O Holy One hear us
Held to our sin, God, who could stand / We come for forgiveness / O Holy One, hear us
We wait in hope for your word / More than watchmen for the morning
We wait in hope for your word / And the dawn is never failing
2. Always with you, unfailing love / O Holy One, hear us...
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You Are My God
Psalm 63
You are my God and I am searching for you
In a dry and weary land, my soul is thirsting
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Rivers in the Desert
Psalm 126
Rivers in the desert, laughter out of weeping / Our hope is grounded only in God
Hidden in the suffering, hidden in the singing / Our dawn is breaking only in God
Blessed are you when you are poor / Blessed are you when you are hungry / You will have God
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Into Your Hands
Psalm 31
Into your hands I place my life / Oh, loving, faithful God / Oh, my life is yours
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To You
Psalm 25
To you I lift up my soul / To you I open my life / I give my trust / I give my hope to you
1. Teach me the way of holiness / my eyes are ever on you...
2. Your perfect love as old as time...
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The Holy Heart of Justice
Psalm 9
1. The holy heart of justice, a fortress when there's trouble / The helpless will not be forgotten
The holy heart of justice, compassion when there's suffering / The helpless will not be forgotten
Whole-hearted thanks, we give our whole-hearted trust
2. The holy heart of justice, the rhythm beats forever...
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Come Quickly to Help Us
Psalm 70
Come quickly to help us; we look to you / Have mercy upon us
Come quickly to help us, Faithful and True / We trust in your love
O Holy One, hear our prayer / Receive our prayer / Amen
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My Heart Will Not Fear
Psalm 27
God is our light / My heart will not fear
God is our love / My heart will not fear
God is our home / Our hearts will not fear
God is our light / Our hearts will not fear
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My Love is My Shepherd
Psalm 23
1. My Love is my shepherd; I need nothing more for she leads me into her lush pastures of green and beside her still waters / My life is renewed today / Guiding me in the best paths of her way, though I walk through the valley of darkness and fear, my Love is with me.
2. Anointed and bless’d with abundance, I thrive...
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In My Heart is the Road
Psalm 84
In my heart is the road / and I will not be hurried
In my heart is the road / Bless my feet on the journey
to Jerusalem / to Jerusalem
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My God, O My God
Psalm 22
My God, O my God / Why have You forgotten me?
My God, O my God / How can You be silent now?
i The dogs are closing in / My mouth is dry / Where is God in my despair / So far from my cries
ii Our ancestors put their trust in you / And you delivered them
iii I am poured out like water / My heart is melting
iv I will declare your name / The poor will eat and for once be satisfied
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Wait For God
Psalm 27
1. Wait for God / Be strong and let your heart take courage
Wait for God / Be strong and let your heart take courage / Wait for God
2. Watch and hope
3. Stay with me
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Wash Me Clean
Psalm 51
Wash me clean, wash me clean / Whiter than snow again
Wash me clean, wash me clean / And I know you’re done with my sin
1. Create in me a brand new heart forgiven and renewed...
2. I know the things I’ve said and done so take away this sin...
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