Chords for Psalm 19 | Commentary & Music: Lord, You Have The Words

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Hi, my name is Johan van [G] Peris.
I am the Director of Liturgy at the Basilica of St.
Mary in
[Am] Minneapolis. _ _
_ Today we will meditate [G] on the Psalm for the third Sunday of Lent, [C] Psalm 19.
_ _ [Em] One of the great gifts of the Psalms is that they give us [Am] words to voice any [G] experience
we may have as a human being.
[Dm] They give us words of praise, words [G] of prayer, even words
of [Dm] lament. _
Truly, any human [G] experience is represented in the Psalms.
[C] Now the Psalms
not only [G] affirm us, the Psalms also [Am] challenge us. _
[C] Just imagine [F] on a given Sunday you go
to church and [C] you are in a great place, happy, ready to give [G] thanks to God, _ _ _ [Am] except on that
particular Sunday the Psalm [G] used is a Psalm of lament.
_ _ [Dm] Obviously, this particular Psalm
does [G] not give voice to your own experience, [Dm] but it does give voice to the experience [G] maybe
of the person [C] sitting next to you [G] [C] or to the person who lives under the bridge.
[G] _ Lament
because this person [Am] is lonely, is sad, [F] is sick.
_ On [C] that Sunday, though you may be [G] rejoicing,
the Psalm of [Em] lament [Am] calls you to solidarity, _ calls you [G] to pray for the other person, [Dm] calls
you to act on their behalf.
_ [G] The first reading read on the third [Dm] Sunday of Lent speaks about God's [G] commandments, about
God's laws.
_ [Dm] _ Psalm 19 sings the [G] praises of God's [Am] laws.
[G] _ [C] In today's society, law does not
[G] really have all that positive [Em] of a reaction.
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In the Psalm, [F] the law of God is praised.
[C] _ The
Psalmist does not see [G] God's law as restrictive or demeaning.
[Am] On the contrary, the [G] Psalmist
sees God's law as freeing, [Dm] as liberating, as something [G] beautiful, pure as gold, and
[Dm] sweet as honey.
_ _ _ [G] _ The law of the Lord are [C] directives to live a full [G] and divinely inspired life.
[C] The laws exist like [F] the Psalms to mold us into that person God wants us [C] to be. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Am] Giving [D] wisdom to [Dm] the simple, _ _ [C] _
Lord, you have [G] the word, _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _
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[D] the [C] precepts of the Lord are right.
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[Fm] Rejoicing [C] the _ [Gm]
heart, [F] to ask [G] _ _
[Em] of [Am] thee, _ _
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eyes, [Am] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ oh, [Gm] there's _ _ _ [F] _ _
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[C] divine love. _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Fm] The fear of [C] the Lord is _ pure, _ _ [Fm] enduring _ _
[C] forever, _ _ [F] the [G] unceasing love, [C] true. _
[Am] _ _ _ _ You _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ have [G] the words, _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
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the words _ [Am] _ _ [F#m] _
[D] _ [G] of the [C] Lord, _
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[D] _ _ _ [C] precious and _ bold, and [D] I hear you _ [C] restore.
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_ _ [G] Sweet and awesome, _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ [C] _ _ you have [G] the word, _ _ [Gm] _ _
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_ _ [G] _ [C] the words of the Lord, and I hear you restore.
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