Caution, long, and opinionated sentence ahead: In the course of my advocacy of serious and intentional singing of psalms, not necessarily exclusively, but, in contra-distinction to the mere recitation of brief snippets from The Psalms, and in utter preference of the smarmy offerings of so many of the frail, and failed, CCM attempts at (IMO), authentic p&w, I share these two excellent adaptations from Psalm 139:
Psalm 139 (Were I to cross from land to land)I Cannot Hide From You (Psalm 139)
Oh, let's go ahead and make it three!
How Precious Are Your Thoughts, O God! - Psalm 139
You may ask, what is the difference between these, and the bulk of contemporary p&w songs? Content, dear one, CONTENT! No rocket science here. See if you can discern the origin of the material, though it may not precisely quote, or mimic, the text. Pretty obvious, huh? It stays on course with the scripture from which it is derived. To put it plainly, it remains strapped to the text. That should be attraction enough. Really, isn't there enough God-breathed material that we could dispense with a ton of material that contains, or is, questionable content, focus and emphasis? Just my own 'mental meanderings'!
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