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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...

Be a Blessing

Psalm 72

Be a blessing like rain showers the earth

1. With fierce compassion, defend the poor / Hear the cries of the troubled

With firm conviction, open the doors / Lead the way to peace through the rubble

2. With lovingkindness, notice the hurt...

3. We stand together to send you out...

Holy is This One

Psalm 99

Holy, holy, holy is this one

1. In the wilderness, on the mountain / were you always?

2. Here among us, come to love us / were you always?

Faithfully Angry

Psalm 58

Faithfully angry / for justice has not yet been done

Faithfully angry / As long as part of us suffers we won't give up

1. Setting to work on what is ours to do / Give us trust, give us hope that seasons change

Evil afoot and our love on the move / Transform our pain and use our rage

2. Deepen our love for the world as it is...

3. Feeling the ache of a violent world...

4. God, give us grace to allow things to be...

I Am a Mother

Psalm 131

I am a mother with a sleeping child / I am a mother with a sleeping child

And I love this child / How I love this child

And there is hope for everything in this world

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

Love and Justice

Psalm 101

1. Two feet walking, love and justice, rugged journey. / Inside, outside, full attention, circle sweeping

Love and justice, Love and justice

2. Two arms open, love and justice, to creation / Forests, mountains, every ocean, every nation

3. Two perspectives, love and justice, come together / Moonrise, sunset, single kingdom, earth and heaven

4. Two hands holding, love and justice, world is learning / Elders smiling, babies nursing, spirit burning.

Surely Goodness and Mercy

Psalm 23

Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all my life.

Under God

Psalm 2

Rejoice under God, tremble now under God / Take heart under God, be in awe under God

1. Why do the nations rage? Why do the rulers scheme? / Men and women of power, you serve under God.

2. Work for the holy way, justice and mercy. / Men and women of power, be true under God.

3. We pray for wisdom now, we pray for strength and hope. / Men and women of power, take heart under God.

The Blessing of Life Forevermore

Psalm 133

The blessing of life forevermore

1. Lavish hospitality, blessings crossing borders / Stranger, friend, and family claiming one another

2. When we live in harmony, walk the planet as friends / All of us in unity, celebrating difference

We Lift Our Eyes To You

Psalm 123

We lift our eyes to you / Help us move on

1. We've had our fill of hatred / We look to you for mercy

2. We've had enough of terror / We look to you for healing

3. We've got a world of sorrow / We look to you for promise

Now to God I Make My Vows

Psalm 116

Now to God I make my vows / With all the people of God

1. I love God because God has heard my voice, heard my cry
I love God; I will cry on your name for all my life

2. What shall I offer back to God for all his lavish gifts...

3. Precious is the death of faithful ones in God’s eyes...

4. I will bring God a sacrifice of thanks, Jerusalem...

God Who Remembers

Psalm 136

Let us give thanks to God who remembers.

All of history held in covenant, every story / All things remembered can be healed.

Green Olive Tree

Psalm 52

Green olive tree, you are thriving on the temple grounds

Green olive tree, trusting, trusting in the tended life

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