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| Text: | To You, O Lord, We Lift Our Eyes (Psalm 123) |
| Author: | Christopher L. Webber |
| Tune: | CANNONS |
| Composer: | George Frederick Handel |
| Media: | Audio recording |
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| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | To you, O Lord, we lift our eyes |
| Title: | To You, O Lord, We Lift Our Eyes (Psalm 123) |
| Author: | Christopher L. Webber (2008) |
| Meter: | LM |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2013 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Healing; Lament |
| Copyright: | © 2008 Christopher L. Webber (admin. Church Publishing, Inc.) |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | CANNONS |
| Composer: | George Frederick Handel (1750 c., adapt.) |
| Meter: | LM |
| Key: | A♭ Major |
Psalm 123 is one of several “songs of ascents,” likely sung by Jewish pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem for one of the three great annual feasts: Passover, Weeks, and Booths. As this paraphrase suggests, these were short psalms that could be easily memorized and sung together
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