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Responsorial Psalm 121(122):1-5 for the feast of Christ the King, Year C - WORDS + CHORDS

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Response - I rejoiced when I heard them say: ‘Let us go to God’s house.’

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I rejoiced when I heard them say:

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‘Let us go to God’s house.’

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And now our feet are standing

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within your gates, O Jerusalem.

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Response - I rejoiced when I heard them say: ‘Let us go to God’s house.’

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Jerusalem is built as a city

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strongly compact.

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It is there that the tribes go up,

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the tribes of the Lord.

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Response - I rejoiced when I heard them say: ‘Let us go to God’s house.’

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For Israel’s law it is,

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there to praise the Lord’s name.

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There were set the thrones of judgement

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of the house of David.

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Response - I rejoiced when I heard them say: ‘Let us go to God’s house.’

The English translation of Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

The music for the psalm is an original OLOR composition.

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Music by the Choir of Our Lady of the Rosary RC Church, Verdun, St. John, Barbados.

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Keywords: Psalm 121 122, Feast of Christ the King, Year C, I rejoiced when I heard them say let us go to God's house