Published on
April 9, 2020
Wendell Kimbrough led a festival of psalms at the Calvin Symposium on Worship in January 2020.

The songs below come from a psalm festival at the Calvin Symposium of Worship in January 2020 and was led by Wendell Kimbrough and Calvin University musicians. 

Wendell Kimbrough is a songwriter who re-imagines the Psalms for emotionally honest modern worship. His songs are marked by strong singable melodies, steeped in the sounds of folk, gospel, and soul music. Wendell serves as artist-in-residence and worship leader at Church of the Apostles in Fairhope, Alabama. His recent albums are Come to Me (2018) and Psalms We Sing Together (2016).

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Psalm 24 reading with refrain “We Long To See You”

Text and Tune: Psalm 24; Wendell Kimbrough © 2015 Wendell Kimbrough.
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.

Psalm 104 “Rejoice In All Your Works”

Text and Tune: Psalm 104, Wendell Kimbrough © 2014 Wendell Kimbrough.
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.

Psalm 69 "Draw Near"

Text and Tune: Psalm 69; Wendell Kimbrough © 2017 Wendell Kimbrough.
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.

Psalm 82 “The Hand of God”

Text and Tune: Psalm 82; Wendell Kimbrough © 2017 Wendell Kimbrough.
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.

Psalm 83 “O God Do Not Be Silent”

Text and Tune: Psalm 83; Wendell Kimbrough © 2017 Wendell Kimbrough.
Used by permission. CCLI #400063

Psalm 130 reading with refrain “We Cry From the Depths”

Text and Tune: Wendell Kimbrough © 2015 Wendell Kimbrough.
Used by permission. CCLI #400063

Matthew 11:28 “Come to Me”

Text and Tune: from Matthew 11:28; Wendell Kimbrough © 2017 Wendell Kimbrough.
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.

Psalm 46 reading with refrain “Be Still”

Text and Tune: Wendell Kimbrough © 2019 Wendell Kimbrough.
Used by permission. CCLI #400063

Psalm 37 “The Day of the Lord”

Text and Tune: Psalm 37; Wendell Kimbrough © 2017 Wendell Kimbrough.
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.

Psalm 32 “Then At Last”

Text and Tune: Psalm 32; Wendell Kimbrough © 2016 Wendell Kimbrough.
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.

Psalm 27 "The Lord Is My Light”

Text and Tune: Lillian Bouknight © 1981 Peermusic III, Ltd. and Savgos Music, Inc., admin. Hal Leonard Corporation; arr. Paul Gainer © 1980 Peermusic III, Ltd. and Savgos Music, Inc., admin. Hal Leonard Corporation.
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.

Psalm 67 "May Our God Be Known"

Text and Tune: Psalm 67; Wendell Kimbrough © 2017 Wendell Kimbrough.
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.

Psalm 107 "Oh Give Thanks"

Text and Tune: Psalm 107; Wendell Kimbrough © 2016 Wendell Kimbrough.
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.

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