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Good To Give Thanks (Psalm 92)

Lyrics

Verse 1:
It is good to give thanks to the Lord
It is good to give thanks to the Lord
To make music in His name
And to sing a song of praise
It is good to give thanks to the Lord

Verse 2:
We will sing of His love in the morning
And His faithfulness in the night
On guitar and on the keys
Blow the horn and play the strings
It is good to give thanks to the Lord

Chorus:
Clap your hands, stomp your feet
Bang the drum, come on and sing!
Tell the world of His great love
It is good to give thanks to the Lord

Verse 3:
We are here to give thanks to the Lord
We are here to give thanks to the Lord
We are lifting up our hearts
All we have and all we are
‘Cause it is good to give thanks to the Lord

Chorus

Bridge (3x):
He has made us glad! He has made us glad!

Chorus

Outro:
Everybody!
Sing a song now!
I said hey! Hey! It’s good to give thanks! (everybody!)
I said hey! Hey! It’s good to give thanks!
It’s good (so good!) to give thanks (so good!)
So good to give thanks
It’s good to give thanks to the Lord
Come on, now

Words and music by Caroline Cobb Smith and Wendell Kimbrough. Copyright 2022 Wendell K Songs (BMI) and Sing the Story Music (ASCAP), admin by Integrated Music Rights.
CCLI # 7212261. Key: G.
Started Nov 2018. Finished August 2022.
From Psalm 92:1-5.


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Like A Child With Its Mother (Psalm 131)

Lyrics

Verse 1:
My heart is not proud
My eyes are not lifted up too high
Knees on the ground
I’m looking to You now

Chorus:
And I have calmed and quieted my soul
Like a child with its mother
And I have calmed and quieted my soul
Like a child with its mother

Verse 2:
My heart is not proud
My eyes are not lifted up too high
Knees on the ground
I’m waiting for You now

Bridge:
I lay my head on Your chest
Like a child with its mother
I can be still and rest
Like a child with its mother
Held in Your steadfast love
Like a child with its mother
I know I can wait and trust
Like a child with its mother

Outro:
Children of God hope in the Lord
Beloved of God look to the Lord

Words and music by Caroline Cobb Smith. Copyright 2022 Sing the Story Music (ASCAP), admin by Integrated Music Rights.
CCLI # 7212252. Key: Ab.
Started November 2021. Finished Feb 2022.
From Psalm 131.


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Better Than Life (Psalm 63)

Lyrics

Verse 1:
Oh God, You are my God
I seek for You in earnest
I know that You are worth it

My soul thirsts for You God
In a dry and weary place
My flesh for You it faints

Chorus:
Because Your steadfast love is better than life
I’ll open my lips now to praise You

Because Your steadfast love it satisfies
I’ll lift up my hands now to praise You, God

Verse 2:
Yes I will be satisfied
As with the richest food
I hunger now for You

And in the darkness of the night
I’m safe beneath Your wing
I’ll lift my voice and sing

Chorus

Bridge (2x):
I have seen Your power and Your glory, your glory
So I will cling to You as you uphold me, You hold me

Chorus

Outro:
Oh God, You are my God
I seek for You in earnest
I know that You are worth it

Words and music by Caroline Cobb Smith. Copyright 2022 Sing the Story Music (ASCAP), admin by Integrated Music Rights.
CCLI # 7212254. Key: F.
Written March 2021.
From Psalm 63.


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Don’t Hide Your Face (Psalm 102)

Lyrics

Verse 1:
Oh Lord my God
Don’t hide your face
I am overwhelmed with sorrow
So please hear me when I pray

My heart is struck down
Withered like grass in the heat
I lie awake in bed
And I cannot sleep
But

Chorus:
You, You are on your throne
Help me to remember You
One day you will come
I know that You remember me
You hear and you remember me

Verse 2:
Ashes my food, tears are my drink
A fever burns deep in my bones
I’m forgetting to eat
Oh Lord, please look down!
Rise up! Have pity on me!
Oh let me praise you one day
For how you rescued me oh

Chorus

Turn

Bridge:
Oh my God
I know that you hear my groans
You will not leave me alone
You have said that You will come
When every tear you’ll wipe away
And everyone will fear your name
When all the earthly powers fade
You will still remain

Chorus

Words and music by Caroline Cobb Smith and Rachel Wilhelm. Copyright 2022 RachelWilhelmMusic (BMI) and Sing the Story Music (ASCAP), admin by Integrated Music Rights.
CCLI # 7212260.
Written August 2022.
From Psalm 102; see also Revelation 21:3-5.


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No Place Better (Psalm 84)

Lyrics

Verse 1:
How lovely is your dwelling place
How wonderful your presence, Lord
How my soul longs to see your face
To come with joy into your courts

How blessed is the little sparrow
Who makes a nest inside your house
‘Cause I can think of no place better
To make a home and sing out loud

Chorus:
I want to be in your presence, I want to be near your heart
I want to know you’re close even when I’m feeling far
I don’t want what this world would offer, I want the living God
‘Cause there’s no place better than where you are

Verse 2:
We will go from strength to strength
Even in the wilderness
You are turning tears to desert springs
Leaving gardens in our footsteps

How blessed is the longing pilgrim
Whose heart is set on Zion’s hill
The one who knows there’s no place better
To bring our sorrows and be filled

Chorus

Bridge (x2):
One day with You is better than a thousand elsewhere
One word from You is better than silver or gold
I’d rather be a servant in Your house, Oh God
Than a king with all the riches I could hold

Chorus

Tag:
Oh there’s no place better than where you are
No place better!
No place better, oooh!

Words and music by Caroline Cobb Smith and Wendell Kimbrough. Copyright 2022 Wendell K Songs (BMI) and Sing the Story Music (ASCAP), admin by Integrated Music Rights.
CCLI # 7211167. Key: A.
Written August 2022.
From Psalm 84. See also Psalm 19:10.


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My Refuge, My Fortress (Psalm 91)

Lyrics

Verse 1:
My refuge and my fortress strong
My God in whom I trust
With you, Most High, I make my home
I shelter in your love
You keep me like a mother bird
Beneath your gentle wing
You guard me as a shield in war
Your arms protecting me

Verse 2:
But God there is so much to fear
A threat on every side
The hunter’s trap, the deadly plague
The terror in the night
But even if a thousand fall
I’m held within your hand
Oh let your angels bear me up
And strengthen me to stand

Verse 3:
I know you’ll crush the enemy
The serpent underfoot
I know you’re working in all things
For your glory and my good
So I’m holding fast to you in love
I’m calling on your name
I trust your promise to be near
Your faithfulness to save

Tag:
I’m holding fast to you in love
I’m calling on your name
Until at last you raise me up
To everlasting Day

Words and music by Caroline Cobb Smith. Copyright 2022 Sing the Story Music (ASCAP), admin by Integrated Music Rights.
CCLI # 7212257. Key: A.
Written February 2021.
From Psalm 91; see also Genesis 3:15, Romans 8:28-30, 1 Corinthians 15:24-26.


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Like A Tree (Psalm 1)

Lyrics

Verse 1:
Blessed is the one who loves your word
Your ways are his delight
Knows that he needs it
Eat, sleeps and breathes it
Thinkin’ on it day and night

Verse 2:
But sad for the one who walks away
Sits down with all the scoffers with all the scoffers
Building his kingdom
Callin’ it freedom
Chasing after what the world offers

Chorus:
I want to be like a tree by the river!
Oh plant me down by the deep, deep water
When the sun gets hot my leaves won’t wither!
Oh plant me down like a tree by your/the river
Oh plant me down by your deep, deep water

Verse 3:
I want to be like a mighty oak
Roots growing strong and deep
When the wind blows
The roots gonna hold
Cause you’re holding on to me
Yeah you’re holding on to me

Chorus

Bridge (4x):
Plant me, plant me, plant me by the river
Wash me, wash me, wash me with your water

Chorus

Words and music by Caroline Cobb Smith. Copyright 2022 Sing the Story Music (ASCAP), admin by Integrated Music Rights.
CCLI # 7212255. Key: A.
Written Aug-Oct 2019.
From Psalm 1; see also Ephesians 5:26, Isaiah 61:3.


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I Love Your Word (Psalm 119)

Lyrics

Verse 1:
I love your Word
Because it speaks of You
Teach me, Oh Lord
And guide me in Your truth

Chorus:
Better than gold
Sweeter than honey to the taste
It brings me life
It’s my delight to seek your face
I love your Word
Because I love you Lord

Verse 2:
I love your Word
Because I long for You
Come lift my gaze
Incline my heart to You

Chorus:
Your law is my freedom
My light when I’ve lost my way
Like a treasure I will seek your wisdom
And my lips will pour out Your praise

Instrumental

Verse 3:
I love your Word
Because I trust in You
With my whole heart
I want to follow You

Chorus

Tag:
I love your Word
Because I love you Lord

Words and music by Caroline Cobb Smith and Anne-Claire Cummings. Copyright 2022 Anne Claire Cummings (ASCAP) and Sing the Story Music (ASCAP), admin by Integrated Music Rights.
CCLI # 7212259. Key: C.
Written August-September 2022.
From Psalm 119.


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Have Mercy (Psalm 51)

Lyrics

Verse 1:
Have mercy on me, Oh God
Have mercy on me, Oh God
I am calling on your kindness
In accordance with your love
Have mercy on me, O God

Verse 2:
I know, God, that I have sinned
It’s You I have sinned against
Would you blot out my transgressions
Would you come now and forgive
I know, God, that I have sinned

Chorus:
Oh oh oh A broken, contrite heart you will not turn away
Oh oh oh Lord open up my lips that I might sing your praise

Verse 3:
God, wash me as white as snow
And carry your lost child home
Come create in me a clean heart
Come and break this heart of stone
God, wash me as white as snow

Chorus 2:
Oh oh oh A broken, contrite heart you will not turn away
Oh oh oh God open up my lips that I might sing your praise

Bridge (2x):
Restore to me the joy of my salvation
Renew in me a willing heart
And I will sing in praise of your redemption
And I will sing your mercy, God

Chorus

Outro:
Have mercy on me, Oh God
Have mercy on me, Oh God
I am calling on your kindness
In accordance with your love
Have mercy on me, O God

Words and music by Caroline Cobb Smith. Copyright 2022 Sing the Story Music (ASCAP), admin by Integrated Music Rights.
CCLI # 7212253. Key: A.
Started March 2019. Finished May 2022.
From Psalm 51. See also Luke 15:11-32, Ezekiel 36:26.


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Shepherd, Walk Beside Me (Psalm 23)

Lyrics

Verse 1:
Oh Lord You’re my shepherd
And I am Your sheep
With You close beside me
Oh what could I need
You lead me to water
And pastures green
My soul is restored and
My heart at peace

Verse 2:
And even in the valley
Of shadow and death
My Shepherd, you’re with me
To love and protect
Your rod and Your staff are
A comfort to me
So even in valleys, I’ll trust Your lead

Chorus:
Oh Shepherd, walk beside me
Help me follow where You guide me
Til I dwell in Your house forever
With You, Shepherd
With my Shepherd

Verse 3:
Oh Jesus, Good Shepherd
You’d lay down your life
To find your lost lamb you would
Leave the ninety-nine
The thief comes to steal and
To kill and destroy
But you’ve come to raise us
To lasting joy

Chorus

Bridge (2x):
I know goodness and mercy
Will keep and come after me
As I keep to my Shepherd’s road
My cup it will overflow

Chorus

Tag:
With You, Shepherd

Words and music by Caroline Cobb Smith. Copyright 2022 Sing the Story Music (ASCAP), admin by Integrated Music Rights.
CCLI # 7212256. Key: C.
Written March-April 2019.

From Psalm 23; see also John 10:1-18.


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I Lift My Eyes (Psalm 121)

Lyrics

Chorus:
I lift my eyes up to the hills
Where does my help come from?
My help it comes from the Lord Most High

Verse:
You are the Maker 
Of earth and heaven
You do not slumber
We won't be moved
You are our keeper
Now and forever
Abiding shelter
We look to You

Chorus

Verse

Bridge (2x):
In our going out
And our coming back
You will hold us fast

You're our future hope
Our present help
We look to no one else

Works and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2017 Caroline Cobb Smith.
CCLI # ?


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Fullness of Joy (Psalm 16)

Lyrics

Verse 1:
O God, You are my refuge
I know without You
I have no good thing
O God, You are my portion
My chosen portion
You are what I need

Pre-Chorus 1:
No other god beside You
You hold my lot and fill my cup
Oh beautiful inheritance
You are enough!

Chorus:
In your presence, there is fullness
There is fullness of joy
At your right hand,there is goodness
Boundless goodness
Forevermore
I choose you Lord

Verse 2:
O God, you go before me
You’re right beside me
In my darkest night
My God, you hold my future
My hope it rests secure
In the finishedwork of Christ

Pre-Chorus 2:
My heart is glad
My soul rejoices
You hold me fast, you won’t let go
Your ways are good, and good for me
I’m yours and yours alone

Chorus

Bridge (2x):
Your holy one has risen up
He’s overcome the grave
The path of life isopened wide
For he has made a way

Chorus

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2017 Sing the Story Music.
CCLI # 7097302. Key: Db (C capo 1). Tempo: 129.
Written August-October 2016 for Hope Mommies Retreat
Psalm 16


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