This page is provided so that you can hear the tunes of items which we use in church. Mostly they are written by the vicar. Please note that they are copyright - we are very happy to give permission to you to use them, but we would like to hear about it. Please include any use on your Christian Copyright Licence returns.
Down this page:
- the words,
- the story,
- the sheet music,
- media player.
Praise awaits you
Praise awaits you
Praise awaits you, God, in Zion,
vows to you will be fulfilled:
sinners weighed down with transgression
are forgiven, saved and healed.
Blessed are those you choose for yours:
whom you fill with good things from your stores.
Mighty God, the mountain builder,
hope of all who dwell on earth,
wonder worker, ocean filler,
sov'reign over death and birth:
you are he who answers prayer,
and your awesome deeds dispel despair.
God of grace and God of plenty,
giving sunshine, sending rain,
we find blessing in your bounty
as we gather in the grain.
Lord, in thankfulness we sing,
we acclaim you as our God and King.
Words and music copyright © John Hartley 2007.
Story behind the song
This song is a simple setting of Psalm 65, set as the psalm for daily morning prayer on the day I wrote it (the Friday of the third week of Epiphany, in the lectionary of "Common Worship"). In the New International Version the psalm naturally divides into three sections: the first is about forgiveness and blessings, the second about answers to prayer from God who is mighty, and the third about blessings particularly associated with harvest.
John Hartley.
Windows Media Player. When you click the left-hand "play" button your computer should have started to play the tune. If it didn't, you might be able to get the tune by clicking here, or by right-clicking the link, choosing "save target as", saving it onto your computer, and then opening it with a music-playing program.
Please remember that a midi file of a tune isn't supposed to be a state-of-the-art musical arrangement - it is only supposed to give a basic idea of how the tune goes. Any reasonable organist / keyboard player / music group could make it sound far better.