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We often use Psalms as the basis for songwriting. They are not always ready to use for Christian worship because many of them are ethnocentric or at least nationalist in their description of God - as we would now understand them. This one is taken from Psalm 63, and some of the wildness was whittled down to its essence. Beginning as a personal prayer, this psalm moves into a communal prayer - both attentive to God and using our actions.

In a group worship setting, normally all voices will sing the whole song together. We highlighted a soft male voice for this recording to vary the sonic landscape and to make it more “dry and weary.” Sometimes we speed this one up to a sort of early 60s Motown sort of backbeat. Have some fun.

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Oh God, You are my only God
I will seek you earnestly.
My soul only thirsts for You.
My flesh only yearns for You.

In a dry and weary land where there is no water
My soul only thirsts for You.

My soul waits in silence for God,
And my hope is only in this.
Let’s use our hands and all that we know
For sowing seeds and helping them grow

So I thank you Lord for today
I’ll move with you whichever way.

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from Resist and Restore Spring 2013, track released June 7, 2013
Produced and Engineer by Circle Of hope Audio Art

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Circle of Hope Audio Art Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Circle of Hope Audio Art is a mission team of Circle of Hope church in the Philadelphia and the metro area. We are working out a missional process of recording and distributing worship music as a tool for training and edification. We are celebrating all the creativity around us and are responding to a felt need for new worship material that is creative, theologically sound, and not commercial. ... more

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