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Psalm 116 vv1-2, 7-9, 11-end (Anglican Chant)
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You are purchasing high quality sheet music PDF files suitable for printing or viewing on digital devices.My Anglican chants are here identified by the words for which they were originally composed, or with words to which they are suited. Choir directors/organists should, however, feel free to use any chant with any portion of psalmody that the music seems to fit.
Suggested pointing:
MAJOR KEY CHANT:
1 I am | well – | pleased :
That the Lord hath heard the | voice of | my – | prayer ;
2 That he hath inclined his | ear · unto | me :
Therefore will I call upon | him as |long as · I | live.
MINOR KEY CHANT:
3 The snares of death compassed me | round a|bout :
And the pains of | hell gat | hold u|pon me.
4 I shall find trouble and heaviness* and I will call upon the | Name of · the | Lord :
O Lord I be|seech thee · de|liver · my | soul.
5 Gracious is the | Lord and | righteous :
Yea | our – | God is | merciful.
6 The Lord pre|serveth · the |simple :
I was in | mise·ry | and he | help-ed me.
MAJOR KEY CHANT:
7 Turn again then unto thy rest | O my | soul :
For the | Lord hath · re|warded | thee.
8 And why?* thou hast delivered my | soul from | death :
Mine eyes from | tears · and my | feet from | falling.
2nd ½ 9 I will walk be|fore the | Lord :
In the | land – | of the | living.
MINOR KEY CHANT:
10a I believed and therefore | will I | speak :
But | I was | sore – | troubled ;
10b I | said in · my | haste || – :
All – | men are | liars.
MAJOR KEY CHANT:
11 What reward shall I | give unto · the | Lord :
For all the benefits that | he hath | done · unto | me?
12 I will receive the | cup of · sal|vation :
And call u|pon the | Name of · the | Lord.
13a I will pay my | vows – | now :
In the | presence · of | all his | people.
13b Right dear in the | sight of · the | Lord :
Is the | death of | his – | saints.
14 Behold, O Lord, how that | I am · thy | servant :
I am thy servant and the son of thine handmaid*
thou hast | broken · my | bonds in | sunder.
15 I will offer to thee the | sacrifice · of | thanksgiving :
And will | call u·pon the | Name of · the | Lord.
16a I will pay my vows un|to the | Lord :
In the | sight of | all his | people ;
16b In the courts of the | Lord's – | house :
Even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.* | Praise – | – the | Lord.
Glory be to the Father* | and to · the | Son :
And to the | Ho - | - ly | Ghost ;
As it was in the beginning* is now and | ever | shall be :
World without | end.* A | - - | men.