Psalms for the 29th Evening (Anglican chant) - Guildford Cathedral Choir (Barry Rose)

Guildford Cathedral Choir, directed by Barry Rose:
Evensong at Chester Cathedral, 29 July 1971:
(Psalm 142 [John Stainer], Psalm 143 [Percy Whitlock])

1 I cried unto the | Lord . with my | voice : yea, even unto the Lord did I | make my | suppli- | cation.
2 I poured out my com- | plaints be- | fore him : and | showed him | of my | trouble.
3 When my spirit was in heaviness, thou | knewest . my | path : in the way wherein I walked have they | privi-ly | laid a | snare for me.
4 I looked also up- | on my | right hand : and saw there was | no man | that would | know me.
5 I had no | place to | flee unto : and | no man | cared . for my | soul.
6 I cried unto thee, O | Lord, and | said : Thou art my hope, and my | portion . in the | land . of the | living.
7 Consider | my com- | plaint : for I am | brought | very | low.
8 O deliver me | from my | persecutors : for they | are too | strong for | me.
9 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks | unto . thy | Name : which thing if thou wilt grant me, then shall the righteous re- | sort | unto . my | company.
GLORIA

1 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and | consider . my de- | sire : hearken unto me for thy | truth and | righteous-ness’ | sake.
2 And enter not into | judgment . with thy | servant : for in thy sight shall | no man | living . be | justified.
3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul * he hath smitten my life | down . to the | ground : he hath laid me in the darkness, as the | men . that have | been long | dead.
4 Therefore is my spirit | vexed with- | in me : and my | heart with- | in me . is | desolate.
5 Yet do I remember the time past * I muse upon | all thy | works : yea, I exercise my- | self . in the | works . of thy | hands.
6 I stretch forth my | hands . unto | thee : my soul gaspeth unto | thee . as a | thirsty | land.
7 Hear me, O Lord, and that soon, for my | spirit . waxeth | faint : hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto | them . that go | down in-to the | pit.
8 O let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning, for in | thee . is my | trust : show thou me the way that I should walk in, for I lift up my | soul | unto | thee.
9 Deliver me, O Lord, | from mine | enemies : for I | flee . unto | thee to | hide me.
10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee, for | thou . art my | God : let thy loving Spirit lead me | forth in-to the | land of | righteousness.
11 Quicken me, O | Lord . for thy | Name’s sake : and for thy righteousness’ sake | bring my | soul . out of | trouble.
12 And of thy goodness | slay mine | enemies : and destroy all them that vex my | soul; for | I am . thy | servant.
GLORIA

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