I'm organising music for a student retreat. I often substitute a suitable hymn for the Introit. I would like to know if you think that the Hymn "O God, Our Help in Ages Past" (Paraphrase of Psalm 90(91)) is a good substitute for the Introit, Psalm 43.
Hymn: O God, Our Help in Ages Past - Paraphrase Psalm 90 (91)
1 O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home.
2 Under the shadow of Thy throne still may we dwell secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone, And our defense is sure.
3 A thousand ages in Thy sight are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun.
4 Time, like an ever rolling stream, bears all its sons away;
They fly, forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day.
5 O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come,
Be Thou our guard while life shall last, and our eternal home.
Psalm 43: (Text for Introit Sunday Lent V)
1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people;
from deceitful and unjust men deliver me!
2 For thou art the God in whom I take refuge; why hast thou cast me off?
Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 Oh send out thy light and thy truth;
let them lead me, let them bring me to thy holy hill and to thy dwelling!
4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy;
and I will praise thee with the lyre, O God, my God.
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.
Hymn: O God, Our Help in Ages Past - Paraphrase Psalm 90 (91)
1 O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home.
2 Under the shadow of Thy throne still may we dwell secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone, And our defense is sure.
3 A thousand ages in Thy sight are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun.
4 Time, like an ever rolling stream, bears all its sons away;
They fly, forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day.
5 O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come,
Be Thou our guard while life shall last, and our eternal home.
Psalm 43: (Text for Introit Sunday Lent V)
1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people;
from deceitful and unjust men deliver me!
2 For thou art the God in whom I take refuge; why hast thou cast me off?
Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 Oh send out thy light and thy truth;
let them lead me, let them bring me to thy holy hill and to thy dwelling!
4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy;
and I will praise thee with the lyre, O God, my God.
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.