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Play “Wait, My Soul, Upon the Lord”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Wait, My Soul, Upon the Lord (Wm. F. Lloyd): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune CANTERBURY (Orlando Gibbons) in four-part harmony, 4 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
Sung here to CANTERBURY (Orlando Gibbons), a 7.7.7.7 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Wait, my soul, upon the Lord,
- To His gracious promise flee,
- Laying hold upon His Word:
- "As thy days thy strength shall be,"
- "As thy days thy strength shall be."
- 2If the sorrows of thy case
- Seem peculiar still to thee,
- God has promised needful grace:
- "As thy days thy strength shall be,"
- "As thy days thy strength shall be."
- 3Days of trial, days of grief,
- In succesion thou may'st see;
- This is still thy sweet relief:
- "As thy days thy strength shall be,"
- "As thy days thy strength shall be."
- 4Rock of Ages, I'm secure,
- With Thy promise, full and free,
- Faithful, positive and sure;
- "As thy days thy strength shall be,"
- "As thy days thy strength shall be."
About this music
CANTERBURY — Orlando Gibbons. 'Canterbury' or 'Song 13' Orlando Gibbons, 1623. Setting: "Common Service Book" (ULCA), 1917.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'Common Service Book With Hymnal' ULCA, 1917 Hymn 156.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Wait, My Soul, Upon the Lord page.
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