Try Me, O God

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Composer
John Nares
Difficulty
Moderate radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_unchecked radio_button_unchecked
Season
Season After Pentecost Epiphany (day and season) General
Voicing(s)
SATB
Instruments
Keyboard [organ/piano]
Category
Anthems
Instrumental Only?
No
Description

A short verse anthem by 18th-century English composer John Nares, setting Psalm 139:23-24.  Austere and beautiful. SATB, SA soli (duet), and organ.

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Lyrics

Try me, try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart: prove me, and examine my thoughts. Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me: and lead me in the way everlasting. Amen.