David’s Joy Over Forgiveness; as in Psalm 32; illustration from a Bible card published by the Providence Lithograph Company (1903) / Image via Wikipedia
3 While I held my tongue, my bones withered away, because of my groaning all day long.
1 Beati quorum remissae sunt iniqitates et quorum tecta sunt peccata. [Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.]
4 For your hand was heavy upon me day and night; my moisture was dried up as in the head of summer.
2 Beatus vir qui non imputabit Dominus peccatum nec est in spiritu eius dolus. [Blessed is the man who does not sin the Lord will not impute it and in whose spirit there is no guile.]
5b I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD.” Then you forgave me the guilt of my sin.
7 You are my hiding place; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
7 Tu es refugium a tribulatione quae circumdedit me exultatio mea erue me a circumdantibus me. [see English immediately above]
Trust in the Lord. with all thine heart, and lean not into thine own understanding. Pass under this sign whenever you enter St John’s Church Hall, Knypersley, Staffordshire, Great Britain (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Performed by the Royal College of Music Junior Department Chamber Choir, conducted by Joy Hill, with Daniel Moult, piano, and Eleanor Ruth Tinlin, oboe.
This anthem was written for the King James Bible Composition Awards 2011, and was a finalist, appearing on BBC Radio 3’s ‘The Choir’ in June 2011.
Headstone in a small family cemetery, located in the Holly Springs National Forest in North Mississippi near Baker’s Pond, the source of the Wolf River. The inscription visible in the image reads “Died Jan. 8 1907 May the resurrection find thee on the bosom of thy God.” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
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Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God (1915) by T. Tertius Noble (1867-1953). To read interesting notes about Noble and listen to another excellent performance of this anthem, visit the Music at Trinity blog (Trinity Episcopal Church, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina).
Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God - T. Tertius Noble
Performed at Saint Clement’s Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, May 19, 2013
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