Psalm 137 for Lent 4-B (Charles H. Giffen)
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- Editor: Charles H. Giffen (submitted 2015-04-16). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 84 kB Copyright: CC BY NC SA
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Title: Psalm 137 for Lent 4-B
Composer: Charles H. Giffen
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Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anglican chant
Language: English
Instruments: Organ
Published: 2015
Description: Responsorial Psalm 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 for Lent 4 (B).
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6
- Adhaéreat lingua mea fáucibus meis, si non memínero tui!
English text
R. Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!
By the streams of Babylon
we sat and wept
when we remembered Zion.
On the aspens of that land
we hung up our harps.
R. Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!
For there our captors asked of us
the lyrics of our songs,
And our despoilers urged us to be joyous:
"Sing for us the songs of Zion!"
R. Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!
How could we sing a song of the LORD
in a foreign land?
If I forget you, Jerusalem,
may my right hand be forgotten!
R. Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!
May my tongue cleave to my palate
if I remember you not,
If I place not Jerusalem
ahead of my joy.
R. Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!