For God alone my soul does wait (alternate tune)

For God alone my soul does wait

In silence and in solitude;

My safety is in God alone;

My soul is sheltered and renewed.

 

God is my sole foundation strong,

And my salvation sure and true;

My fortress firm in which I trust,

And which no foe can still undo.

 

For God alone my soul does wait

In silence and in solitude;

My hope lives only in the Lord, 

My soul is sheltered and renewed.

 

Deliverance and honor true

Come only from my God on high; 

My mighty rock is only God,

My refuge when I mourn and cry.

 

O trust our God in all your ways; 

O peoples, trust your Lord above!

Pour out your heart, cry out your prayers

To God our refuge and our love.

 

 

TEXT: Charles Spence Freeman, March 2020, after Psalm 62:1-2, 5, 7-8

MUSIC: Suggested tune CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM, Sarum plainsong, 9^th cent. (LM); 

    alternate tune O WALY WALY, English folk melody

The text came about early in coronatide, as a response to the isolation of the early period. Psalm 62 turns up in the lectionary for the third Sunday after Epiphany, as it happens. Because of our church's streaming situation and the streaming licenses we do (and don't) hold, it became necessary to adapt a different tune to the text for our usage.