So, it's been pretty slow going with this Psalms project. Perhaps part of me is being a little bit superstitious - after all, I did say upon commencing this series, "What if I used the psalms as a countdown right now, starting with Psalm 150 and believing that the Lord would bring you into my life before I reach Psalm 1?" (...As if by procrastinating through the countdown I can "give you more time"?!) I really should let that idea go, by the way. But the series shall continue. Tonight I read the beautiful 61st Psalm.
Verses 1-3...Hear my cry, O God,
listen to my prayer;
from the end of the earth I call to You
when my heart is faint.
Lead me to the Rock
that is higher than I,
for You have been my refuge,
a strong tower against the enemy.
When I was in college, we used to sing these verses in Sunday School. I've never been able to find the source of the version we sang, until running across a rendition on YouTube. We didn't sing with nearly as much "soul," let alone for 13 entire minutes, ha! But the text really stuck with me because of the melody to which we set the words. I'm happy to be in a church now that regularly sings from the psalter section in the back of our hymnal to help me become better acquainted with even more psalms.
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