Folk stylings from Fr John Foley in the early seventies. We’ve never done it but it has merit as a setting of Ps 16. You can hear the original here. This organ and voice version is great.
It can be purchased for download at OCP.
As for a lot of the songs from the seventies, there are phrases that sound odd – mainly I suspect because we have lost the boldness of the time. Would we use the word “comrades” after the proscription of liberation theology? Does an “alien band” refer to Daft Punk?
Refrain
For you are my God; you alone are my joy.
Defend me, O Lord.
Verse 1
You give marvelous comrades to me:
the faithful who dwell in Your land.
Those who choose alien gods
have chosen an alien band.Refrain
Verse 2
You are my portion and cup;
It is You that I claim for my prize.
Your heritage is my delight,
the lot you have given to me.Refrain
Verse 3
Glad are my heart and my soul;
Securely my body will rest.
For you will not leave me for dead,
Nor lead your beloved astray.Refrain
Verse 4
You show me the path for my life;
In your presence the fullness of joy.
To be at your right hand forever
For me would be happiness always.Refrain
© John Foley SJ 1970.