Psalm 85 © 2003 John August Swanson Trust

Psalm 85 © 2003 John August Swanson Trust

Published on
July 28, 2026

This chapel service is a festival of psalms centered on Psalm 42. This service originally took place as part of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship’s “Dwelling in the Psalms” year. This event was a partnership between the Calvin University Campus Choir, under the direction of Dr. Mark Stover, and the Woodlawn Church choir, directed by Chan Gyu Jang.

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Choir Anthem: “Modimo” arr. Michael Barrett © 2019 Walton Music Corporation

Welcome

*Call to Worship: Psalm 95:1–2, NIV

The Lord be with you.
And also with you.

Our help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.

Praise

*Opening Hymn:Let All Creation’s Wonders”Leckebusch

Anthem: “I Believe” by Mark A. Miller © 2012 Choristers Guild.

WORD

Responsive Reading on Psalm 42, NRSVUE:

As a deer longs for flowing streams,

so my soul longs for you, O God.

My soul thirsts for God,

for the living God.

When shall I come and behold

the face of God?

My tears have been my food

day and night,

while people say to me continually,

“Where is your God?”

My soul is cast down within me;

therefore I remember you

from places on my journey

where you have shown your presence.

Deep calls to deep

at the thunder of your torrents;

all your waves and your billows

have gone over me.

By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,

and at night his song is with me,

a prayer to the God of my life.

I say to God, my rock,

“Why have you forgotten me?

Why must I walk about mournfully

because the enemy oppresses me?”

Why are you cast down, O my soul,

and why are you disquieted within me?

Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,

my help and my God.

Response

Anthem: “O Rest, My Soul” (Psalms 121 and 62) by Victor C. Johnson © 2025 Victor C. Johnson. Unpublished.

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