Responsorial Psalm

Justice Shall Flourish (Psalm 72)

Lyrics adapted from Psalm 72 (NAB)
2nd Sunday of Advent, Cycle A
Tempo = 120 bpm
Music: Lionel Valdellon

RESPONSE:
F B
(G7) Csus4 C B
(F/A) Gm (C) F
Soprano   43







 









Jus tice shall flou rish in His time. And full ness of peace for e ver.

Alto   43






 













Tenor   43



 





8
Jus tice shall flou rish in His time. And full ness of peace for e ver.

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Bass 4


 

VERSE 1: C F B

  










8 F /A
S




O God, give your judg ment to the king. And your jus tice

C E
B
/D

 


F /A


Csus4




14

S






to the king's son. He shall go vern your peo ple with jus tice and

E
A
Maj7

Csus4 C





 
21

S

judge your af flic ted ones. [RESPONSE]

VERSE 2: B

  



C F F /A








25

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Jus tice shall flo wer in his days, and peace till the

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Feel free to use, copy, republish and spread for non-commercial purposes. Glory to God!
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B
/D



F /A Csus4 C


  



31

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moon be no more. M ay he rule from sea to sea

E
A
Maj7 Csus4 C7








 
37

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from the ri ver to the ends of the earth! [RESPONSE]

VERSE 3: C F F /A B

  











42

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For he shall res cue the poor when they cry the af flic ted have

F /A Csus4 C E
B
/D


  





48

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no one to help. He shows pi ty to all those in

E
A
Maj7 Csus4 C7
 


 
54

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need and he saves the lives of the poor. [RESPONSE]

VERSE 4: C F F /A B
F /A
  














59

S



M ay his name be blessed for e ver as long as the sun may his

Csus4 C E
B
/D Cm



 








66

S




name en dure. In him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed. All the

B
/D E
A
Maj7




Csus4





73

S






na tions shall pro claim his hap pi ness. Bles sed be the Lord!


C7

79

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[RESPONSE]

(c) 2010 Lionel Valdellon | lionelvaldellon@gmail.com | http://massmusic.valdellon.com

2 Feel free to use, copy, republish and spread for non-commercial purposes. Glory to God!