Summary

Responsorial Psalm for Good Friday and other Liturgical days that bears the same response. Download and rehearse with PDF and MP3 guide; includes notes on…

Performance notes

Check tuning on the opening interval and keep inner voices present.
Observe phrasing in the final cadence; avoid rushing the rallentando.

Forces & instrumentation

All

AllEN

Licensing & usage

Suitable for parish, school, and competition performance. For livestreams or recordings, confirm local copyright requirements.

Lyrics (preview)

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 31

R. Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!

In you, O Lord, I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame. In your justice, set me free. Into your hands I commend my spirit. You will redeem me, O Lord, O faithful God.

R. Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!

Because of all my foes I have become a reproach, an object of scorn to my neighbours and of fear to my friends. Those who see me in the street flee from me. I am forgotten, like someone dead, and have become like a broken vessel.

R. Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!

But as for me, I trust in you, O Lord; I say, 'You are my God.' My lot is in your hands, deliver me from the hands of my enemies and those who pursue me."

R. Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!

Let your face shine on your servant. Save me in your merciful love. Be strong, let your heart take courage, all who hope in the Lord.

R. Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!