Psalm 32

A good psalm to work on the 1, 2 & 3 worded 'Anacrusis'.

An 'Anacrusis' is a sequence of notes which precedes the first downbeat in a bar

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Responsorial Psalm 32

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Sung at these Masses: 
Easter Vigil Alternative 1st Palm (Year ABC)
5th Sunday of Easter (Year A)
Trinity Sunday (Year B)
2nd Sunday of Lent (Year A)
29 Ordinary Sun (Year B)
19th Ordinary Sunday (Year C)

Response & Verse Match-Up:
R1 = V3, V5, V7 & V8 =  Easter Vigil Alternative 1st Palm (ABC)
R2 = V1, V3 & V6  = = = 5th Sunday of Easter (A)
R2 = V3, V4, V6 & V8 = Trinity Sunday (B)
R3 = V3, V6, & V8 = = = 2nd Sunday of Lent (A) & 29 Ordinary Sun (B)
R4 = V2, V6 & V8  = = = 19th Ordinary Sunday (C)

The 4 Responses:
R1 = The Lord fills the earth with his love.
R2 = May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you.
R3 = Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own.
R4 = Happy are the people the Lord has chosen as his own.

Note when matching Psalm Tone to the Verses below:
‘/’ = word(s) before it is an 'Anacrusis'.
(an 'Anacrusis' a sequence of notes which precedes the first downbeat in a bar)
‘~’ = word before it to slur.
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V1
Ring out your / joy to the Lord, O you just;
For praise is / fitting for loyal hearts.
Give / thanks to the Lord upon the harp,
with a / ten-stringed lute sing him songs.

V2
Ring out your / joy to the Lord, O you just;
for praise is / fitting for loyal hearts.
They are / happy, whose God is the Lord,
the / people he has chosen as his own.

V3
For the / word of the Lord is faithful
and / all his works to be trusted.
The / Lord loves justice and right
and / fills the earth with his love.

V4
By his / word the heavens were made,
by the / breath of his mouth all the stars.
He / spoke; and they came to be.
He com-/-manded; they sprang into being.
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V5
By his / word the heavens were made,
by the / breath of his mouth all the stars.
/ He collects the waves of the ocean;
he / stores up the depths of the sea.

V6
The / Lord looks on those who revere him,
/ those who hope in his love,
/ rescue their souls from~ death,
to / keep them alive in~ famine.

V7
They are / happy, whose God is the Lord,
the / people he has chosen as his own.
From the / heavens the Lord looks~ forth,
he / sees all the children of men.

V8
Our / soul is waiting for the Lord.
The / Lord is our help and our shield.
May your / love be upon us, O Lord,
as we / place all our hope in~ you.
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