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PRAYERS
IN TIME track 4
Deep calls to deep
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Sometimes we feel connected, sometimes abandoned.
Most of these words are two and half thousand years old. This is an adaptation of Psalm 42: a quiet lament, faith hanging on by its fingertips, fearing there may be nothing left but bravado. The intertwined saxophones I think of as Job’s Comforters.
Lyrics
Like
a deer that
longs for cool, clear water
my soul it longs for you,
and like a bird that aches for land to rest her body,
for a place where I can meet with you.
My
tears have been my food
every night and day—
Where
is your God
now?
people say—
yet I remember all
the nights we spent in thanks
and how my heart would overflow with joy—
Why
be cast down within me
O my soul, O my soul?
for I will hope anew, my living God.
Why be disturbed within me
O my soul, O my soul?
for I will praise you, my Saviour, my God.
And
now the words of those who mock and disbelieve you
are like a blade that lames and weakens me.
You were my God, my Rock, my shield and my defender,
why is it you have now forgotten me?
Deep
calls to deep
like the sound of many waters,
dark waves of sorrow break on me—
yet I remember all the days we walked in love
and how by night your music filled my soul—
Why
be cast down
within me
O my soul, O my soul?
for I will hope anew, my living God.
Why be disturbed within me
O my soul, O my soul?
for I will praise you, my Saviour, my God.
Credits
Words (based on Psalm 42) and music by Godfrey Rust
Godfrey
Rust
lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Jess Duckworth, Joel Rust backing vocals
Adam Rust keyboards, synth bass, drum programming
David Fitzgerald saxophones
Jack Shepherd electric guitar
Sam Brown cello
Hannah Copeland, Claire Dovey violins
Recorded by Adam Rust, Godfrey Rust and
Jonathan Pagden
Produced and engineered by Adam Rust
Co-produced by Godfrey Rust
Mixed by Enoch John
Mastered by Denis Blackham