PSALM 84: HOW LOVELY IS YOURDWELLING PLACE

Text: Based on Psalm 84:2–7, 9, 11–12; Michael Joncas, b. 1951.Music: Michael Joncas.Text and music © 1979, OCP. All rights reserved.

VERSE 3:

3. O

Cantor/Choir

Lord of Hosts, hear my cry, and hear ken, O

VERSES 1, 2:

1.2.

MyHow

Cantor/Choir

soulhap

Em9

yearnspy

andare

pinesthey

Em6

whoformay

the courtsdwell

Em9

ofin

theyour

Lord,courts,

Em6

myhow

hearthap

F

andpy

mywhen

Fine

place,

Em6/C

O Lord

C

God

Am7

of Hosts!

B7 Fine

Keyboard (a tempo)

Melody

REFRAIN:

How

Gently ( = ca. 116)

love

Em1st time: Cantor, All repeat; thereafter: All

ly is

Em/D

your dwell

Em7/D

ing

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rit.

D. C.3. the Lord is my sun and my shield!

D. C. al fine

1.2.

yourYour

F

alfirst rain

tars, mywill

kingbring

andit

myto

Em

God!life.

B7D. C.

3. much more to me than ten thou sand an y where else;

1.2.

Em9

valfind

leyaof

Em6

home,death,

thethey

F

swalmake

lowit

aa

nestplace

for herof

Em

young;springs.

3. God of Ja cob; one day in your house is worth

1.2. you

fleshare

crytheir

Em

out;strength;

B7 Em9

ethough

venthey

themight

Em6

spargo

row maythrough the

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PSALM 84: HOW LOVELY IS YOURDWELLING PLACE

Text: Based on Psalm 84:2–7, 9, 11–12; Michael Joncas, b. 1951.Music: Michael Joncas.Text and music © 1979, OCP. All rights reserved.

VERSE 2:

2. How

Cantor/ChoirEm9

hap py are

Em6

they who may

Em9

dwell in your

Em6

courts, how

1.

Em

young; your

F

al tars, my king and my

Em

God!

rit.B7

D. C.

1.

Em9

e ven the spar

Em6

row may

Em9

find a

Em6

home, the

F

swal low a nest for her

1.

Em9

courts of the

Em6

Lord, my

F

heart and my flesh cry

Em

out;

B7

Am7

God of

B7

Hosts!

Fine

1.

VERSE 1:Melody

HarmonyMy

Cantor/ChoirEm9

soul yearns and

Em6

pines for the

REFRAIN:

(a tempo)

How

Gently ( = ca. 116)

Em

love ly

1st time: Cantor, All repeat; thereafter: All

Em/D

is your dwell

Em7/D

ing

Em6/C

place, O

C

Lord

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3. the

F

Lord is my sun and my

Em

shield!

rit.B7

D. C. al fine

3. much

Em9

more to me

Em6

than

F

ten thou sand an y where

Em

else;

3. God of

Em

Ja cob;

B7

one

Em9

day in your house

Em6

is worth

VERSE 3:

3. O

Cantor/ChoirEm9

Lord of

Em6

Hosts,

Em9

hear my

Em6

cry, and

F

hear ken, O

2.

Em

springs. Your

F

first rain will bring it to

Emrit.

life.

B7

D. C.

2.

Em6

go through the

Em9

val ley of

Em6

death, they

F

make it a place of

2.

F

hap py when you are their

Em

strength;

B7 Em9

though they might

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VERSE 2:

2. How

Cantor/ChoirEm9

hap py are

Em6

they who may

Em9

dwell in your

Em6

courts, how

1.

Em

young; your

F

al tars, my king and my

Em

God!

rit.B7

D. C.

1.

Em9

e ven the spar

Em6

row may

Em9

find a

Em6

home, the

F

swal low a nest for her

1.

Em9

courts of the

Em6

Lord, my

F

heart and my flesh cry

Em

out;

B7

Am7

God of

B7

Hosts!

Fine

1.

VERSE 1:Melody

HarmonyMy

Cantor/ChoirEm9

soul yearns and

Em6

pines for the

REFRAIN:

(a tempo)

How

Gently ( = ca. 116)

Em

love ly

1st time: Cantor, All repeat; thereafter: All

Em/D

is your dwell

Em7/D

ing

Em6/C

place, O

C

Lord

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3. the

F

Lord is my sun and my

Em

shield!

rit.B7

D. C. al fine

3. much

Em9

more to me

Em6

than

F

ten thou sand an y where

Em

else;

3. God of

Em

Ja cob;

B7

one

Em9

day in your house

Em6

is worth

VERSE 3:

3. O

Cantor/ChoirEm9

Lord of

Em6

Hosts,

Em9

hear my

Em6

cry, and

F

hear ken, O

2.

Em

springs. Your

F

first rain will bring it to

Emrit.

life.

B7

D. C.

2.

Em6

go through the

Em9

val ley of

Em6

death, they

F

make it a place of

2.

F

hap py when you are their

Em

strength;

B7 Em9

though they might

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(1st time: D.C.)

FineVERSES 1-3

19 D.C.

REFRAIN Gently ( = ca. 116)

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