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.
I pray for you
I pray for you
I pray that God may answer you
when you're in deep dispair.
I pray his name may keep you true,
and sharing in his care.
I pray he'll send you help today
from his most holy place.
I pray he'll take your pain away,
embrace you with his grace.
O Lord, save!
Answer us when we call,
O King of all.
O Lord, save!
Answer us when we call,
O King of all.
I pray God meets your deepest needs,
the yearnings of your heart:
I pray his plan for you succeeds,
imparted from the start.
I pray he'll grant you your request,
which he placed in your mind.
I pray in him you will be blessed,
and find that he is kind.
O Lord, save!
Answer us when we call,
O King of all.
O Lord, save!
Answer us when we call,
O King of all.
I know the Lord will save his saints
make all their troubles cease,
and cleanse them from all smears and taints,
release them into peace.
Some trust in strength: a foolish choice,
and they will surely fall.
But we will trust in God: his voice
will always be our call.
O Lord, save!
Answer us when we call,
O King of all.
O Lord, save!
Answer us when we call,
O King of all.
Words and music copyright © John Hartley 2008. All rights reserved.
Based on Psalm 20.
Story behind the song
A straightforward attempt to set Psalm 20 to music. The three verses are Ps 20:1-3,4-5, and 6-8; and the chorus is Ps 20:9 (but I've taken the alternative translation, from the footnote of the New International Version of the bible - so instead of "O Lord, save the King ..." it is "O Lord, save! O King ...").
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.