The Psalm Singer

 I really enjoy the Stuart Townend song Jesus is Lord. I particularly love the line  Jesus is Lord the tomb is gloriously empty!   Such a joyful expression. But , here we go, if it's a good tune it's fair game. So I've put the words of Psalm 6 to it, a Psalm for the miserable to sing, a different sentiment to the original song but I think it works. A song for those whose bones hurt and whose beds are flooded with tears. Here's an instrumental version to sing to  Jesus is Lord Psalm 6 Jesus is Lord O Lord do not rebuke in wrath or in your anger 2 Be merciful to me, for I am faint; O Lord, heal me, my bones they hurt, my soul knows anguish. How long, O Lord, please turn, deliver me Because your love it never fails, please come and save me 5 No-one remembers you when he is dead. Who praises from his grave?  I am worn out from groaning; All night I flood my bed, my couch with tears. 7 My vision blurred by grief; my eyes are worn with sorrow They fail because of...

No! Don't worry I'm not adding to Scripture!  My musical skills consist of banging out a few chords on the old guitar. I long to have a pianist at Church and I'm fairly confident my Church mutters under their breath how long O Lord, how long, especially when I ruin a perfectly good song. Nevertheless over the last two years of Pandemic I have been singing the Psalms on my own and introducing a few at Church. It's difficult because I don't want to overwhelm them with new material so it's a few at a time. But lets be honest, many of us like the new tunes! We've got some talented composers out there I just wish they would write a few more metrical tunes to encourage folk to sing the metrical psalms. How great would that be? But I came across a Church that were singing Psalms and writing a few to familiar modern tunes.  https://www.northlondonchurch.org/   And I thought I can do that! After a few attempts I realised it's not as easy as it looks, a few have e...