Not only that, before we began singing I read from the Psalm in which the song quotes (can't remember right off hand) and then proceeded to explain that those who worship the true God worship him with clean hands and a pure heart, but the problem is, is that none of us have either. A couple of Sunday's ago I used this song sandwiched in between two Christ exalting songs. I am a worship leader and consider very seriously the lyrics of many songs we sing as the people of God. However, there is still biblical truth in the song. I totally agree with you about the song lacking Christ and Him crucified and if this was the only song sang (or sang with other songs of similar shallowness) then I'd say, argument over. Hello! Just found the site! It seems you and I have a bit of the same mind when it comes to (what I like to call) sound doxology. Give us clean hands and give us pure hearts ![]() Give us clean hands, oh God and give us pure hearts Oh God let this be a generation that seeks Oh give us clean hands and give us pure hearts So give us clean hands and give us pure hearts Give Us Clean Hands by Matt Redman and Charlie Hall We bow our hearts, we bend our knees If the message that the church proclaims makes sense without conversion if it does not offend even lifelong believers from time to time, so that they too need to die more to themselves and live more to Christ, then it is not the gospel. The church exists in order to change the subject from us and our deeds to God and his deeds of salvation, from our various "missions" to save the world to Christ's mission that has already accomplished redemption. Michael Horton in Modern Reformation Magazine says It seems that here "the law" isn't so bad and "the gospel" isn't so sweet. Yes, we need the Spirit to make us humble, but first we need Him to regenerate us and give us faith in Christ. And we can have none of this without Christ's death on the cross, his burial and resurrection and our repentance and faith in Him. We are powerless to do all of the good things proposed in the song. This song lacks Christ and Him crucified. ![]() Give Us Clean Hands by Matt Redman and Charlie Hall Ht: Anonymous comment from a couple of days ago. Verses are sung to a tone which is drawn directly from the tune and harmonies, without the rhythm.: I'M RECONSIDERING WHAT I HAVE SAID IN THE POST BELOW Response: Those with clean hands and a pure heart. British Library MS 62925Ī different setting, which incidentally has an ascending trajectory, using the same text:Ĭantor: Who shall ascend to the hill of God? ![]() ![]() ‘ Domini est terra, et plenitudo ejus / The earth is the Lord’s, and all that therein is.’ Ps 24 in the Rutland Bible, c.1260 CE. In local practice, verses have been adapted to sing to the same tune - thereby making it both responsorial and antiphonal! Everett in The Emergent Psalter has used his typically innovative harmonies to write a simple but effective response with two lines that can be sung by two halves of the hall.PFAS 24E is a setting of an Israeli tune (279 in TiS) The king of glory comes, the nation rejoices, with different words following the psalm text.Leaping a couple of centuries ahead, we find more antiphonal settings in both PFAS and TEP: In this venerable arrangement, the men again get to sing: ‘But who of glory is the king?’ If all that sounds familiar, you may also be thinking of the old hymn ‘Ye gates lift up your heads on high’ in various hymn books, including TiS 12 but also the old Scottish psalters, to the tune ST. A melodious trio by women’s voices (SSA) introduces these lines quite sweetly mens’ voices then come in asking: ‘ Who is this King of Glory?’ to be answered by the women: ‘ The Lord strong and mighty’.īy page 3, the combined chorus is in full swing - a harbinger of more fiery music to come as Handel moves towards Psalm 2 with two later choruses, Why do the nations so furiously rage? and the energetic Let us break their bonds asunder. Händel chose to use this text from Psalm 24 antiphonally. ‘Lift up your heads’, chorus in 1902 Novello edition of Handel’s The Messiah
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