Search Me, O God – Esther Bersweden

SATB and Organ

c. 3’50”

Commissioned for Christopher Powell

Performed by the University of Bristol Church Choir, directed by Esther Bersweden, 2021. Organ: Isaac Powell

You have searched me Lord, and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.

Before a word is on my tongue,
you, Lord, you know it completely.
You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 139:1-6, 23-24

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