God's People (Jeremy Rawson)

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• (Posted 2009-07-13)  CPDL #19747: 

Editor: Jeremy Rawson (submitted 2009-07-13).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 52 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: God's People
Composer: Jeremy Rawson

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1984
Description: An anthem for Advent, for SATB, unaccompanied

Original text and translations

English text

O praise God, all you his people
Who stand before him now
And wait for his coming again.
Recall his loving power,
Accept his powerful love
And worship him!

We the mighty God has chosen
Like the band of Israelites
Have been brought from our slav’ry and sin.
As he leads us through desert
Into the promised land
We follow him.

And though we have often left him
For idols of poor stone,
Broken cisterns, leaking and grim,
He is still the living water
Offered free to all
We return to him.

Through Jesus he has shown us
His face and his full heart,
His care for all the races of men.
He calls us to do likewise,
His hands of love to be,
We obey him.

We remember now his coming
Which he promised in his Word,
A new earth to make, a new heav’n.
We rejoice though with great longing.
Prepare our hearts anew
And adore him!