Anglican Chant: Psalm 102 (Domine, exaudi) - Choir of Ely Cathedral

The Choir of Ely Cathedral, under the direction of David Price & Paul Trepte, sing the hundredth and second Psalm to an Anglican chant for choir and organ. A sorrowful complaint of great afflictions. (1-11) Encouragement by expecting the performances of God's promises to his church. (12-22) The unchangeableness of God. (23-28) Text: Psalm 102. Domine, exaudi HEAR my prayer, O Lord : and let my crying come unto thee. 2. Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble : incline thine ear unto me when I call; O hear me, and that right soon. 3. For my days are consumed away like smoke : and my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand. 4. My heart is smitten down, and withered liked grass : so that I forget to eat my bread. 5. For the voice of my groaning : my bones will scarce cleave to my flesh. 6. I am become like a pelican in the wilderness : and like an owl that is in the desert. 7. I have watched, and am even as it were a sparrow : that sitteth alone upon the house-top. 8. Mine enemies revile me all the day long : and they that are mad upon me are sworn together against me. 9. For I have eaten ashes as it were bread : and mingled my drink with weeping; 10. And that because of thine indignation and wrath : for thou hast taken me up, and cast me down. 11. My days are gone like a shadow : and I am withered like grass. 12. But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever : and thy remembrance throughout all generations. 13. Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Sion : for it is time that thou have mercy upon her, yea, the time is come. 14. And why? thy servants think upon her stones : and it pitieth them to see her in the dust. 15. The heathen shall fear thy Name, O Lord : and all the kings of the earth thy majesty; 16. When the Lord shall build up Sion : and when his glory shall appear; 17. When he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor destitute : and despiseth not their desire. 18. This shall be written for those that come after : and the people which shall be born shall praise the Lord. 19. For he hath looked down from his sanctuary : out of the heaven did the Lord behold the earth; 20. That he might hear the mournings of such as are in captivity : and deliver the children appointed unto death; 21. That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Sion : and his worship at Jerusalem; 22. When the people are gathered together : and the kingdoms also, to serve the Lord. 23. He brought down my strength in my journey : and shortened my days. 24. But I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of mine age : as for thy years, they endure throughout all generations. 25. Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth : and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure : they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 27. And as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed : but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. 28. The children of thy servants shall continue : and their seed shall stand fast in thy sight. Recording available on the disk 'Psalms of David: Vol. 8' (Priory Records UK). www.prioryrecords.co.uk