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Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my crying come unto thee.Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble; incline thine ear unto me when I call; O hear me, and that right soon.For my days are consumed away like smoke and my bones are burnt up as it were a fire-brand.My heart is
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Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death , I will fear no evil, for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me; thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full.But thy loving-kindness and
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As I expected, I liked it more this time. Such a simple story: a widower and his daughter, who's getting on into her twenties. He wants her to get married–or does he? She doesn't want to get married–or does she? The resolution of the situation is fairly straightforward, and deeply poignant. Knowing that the film
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Make me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. (Coverdale)
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O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust; save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me,Lest he devour my soul, like a lion, and tear it in pieces while there is none to help. (Coverdale)
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My song shall be alway of the loving kindness of the Lord; with my mouth will I ever be shewing thy truth from one generation to another.For I have said, Mercy shall be set up for ever; thy truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens. (Coverdale)
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So he said, he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the gap to turn away his wrathful indignation…. (Coverdale) This is a case where the Grail translation strikes me as more powerful: Then he spoke of exterminating them…. No real difference even of emphasis, but somehow "exterminate" seems more intense.
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…performed by the Westminster Abbey Choir and the Abbey Consort, under the direction of Martin Neary. I received this CD as a gift a few years ago, a fact which I mention because the cover photograph would probably have kept me from buying it for myself. This picture of a rather malevolent-looking young man struck
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The Lord is gracious, and merciful; long-suffering, and of great goodness.The Lord is loving unto every man and his mercy is over all his works. (Coverdale)
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God is our hope and strength, a very present help in trouble.Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea. (Coverdale)