Cantate Domino (Sing to the Lord)

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[Intro – soft strings, distant harp]
Cantate Domino canticum novum
Cantate Domino, omnis terra
(Psalm 96:1)
[Verse 1 – finger-picked, sunrise warmth]
David took the harp of ten sad strings
And made the silence dance
He stood before the ark with leaping heart
While all the hills looked on by chance
The shepherd boy who killed the giant
Now slays the darker night
With songs that rise like morning smoke
And turn the dark to light
[Pre-chorus – monk choir, gentle swell]
In conspectu gentium revelabit gloriam suam
(Psalm 96:3)
[Chorus – full, joyful]
CANTATE DOMINO
Sing to the Lord a new song, all the earth
CANTATE DOMINO
Let every broken voice declare His worth
The trees of the field will clap their hands
The seas will roar and all the lands
Will tremble at the beauty of His name
Cantate Domino
Sing, sing, sing again
[Verse 2 – rain turns to dancing rhythm]
I have no harp of gold, no royal throne
Only this cracked and trembling clay
Yet every breath is borrowed air
And every note a debt I must repay
So let the widow’s whisper join the king
Let prisoners and children sing
The same song David sang before the ark
Is living now in everything
[Chorus – heavier, drums like running feet]
CANTATE DOMINO
Sing to the Lord a new song, all the earth
CANTATE DOMINO
Let every wound become a voice of birth
The mountains melt like wax before His face
Yet mercy teaches them to sing His praise
Cantate Domino
Sing, sing, sing again
[Bridge – silence, then single voice]
When I have nothing left to give
The song itself becomes the gift
When I am empty, He is full
And silence learns to lift
(Psalm 150:6)
[Final Chorus – soaring, cathedral alive]
CANTATE DOMINO
One day ten thousand times ten thousand strong
CANTATE DOMINO
Will drown the heavens with unbroken song
Until the skies themselves cannot contain
The glory of the Lamb who once was slain
Cantate Domino
Sing, sing, sing forever
Amen.
[Outro – soft harp fading, monk choir]
Laudate eum in sono tubae
Laudate eum in psalterio et cithara
(Psalm 150:3)
Alleluia.

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[Intro – soft strings, distant harp] Cantate Domino canticum novum Cantate Domino, omnis terra (Psalm 96:1) [Verse 1 – finger-picked, sunrise warmth] David took the harp of ten sad strings And made the silence dance He stood before the ark with leaping heart While all the hills looked on by chance The shepherd boy who killed the giant Now slays the darker night With songs that rise like morning smoke And turn the dark to light [Pre-chorus – monk choir, gentle swell] In conspectu gentium revelabit gloriam suam (Psalm 96:3) [Chorus – full, joyful] CANTATE DOMINO Sing to the Lord a new song, all the earth CANTATE DOMINO Let every broken voice declare His worth The trees of the field will clap their hands The seas will roar and all the lands Will tremble at the beauty of His name Cantate Domino Sing, sing, sing again [Verse 2 – rain turns to dancing rhythm] I have no harp of gold, no royal throne Only this cracked and trembling clay Yet every breath is borrowed air And every note a debt I must repay So let the widow’s whisper join the king Let prisoners and children sing The same song David sang before the ark Is living now in everything [Chorus – heavier, drums like running feet] CANTATE DOMINO Sing to the Lord a new song, all the earth CANTATE DOMINO Let every wound become a voice of birth The mountains melt like wax before His face Yet mercy teaches them to sing His praise Cantate Domino Sing, sing, sing again [Bridge – silence, then single voice] When I have nothing left to give The song itself becomes the gift When I am empty, He is full And silence learns to lift (Psalm 150:6) [Final Chorus – soaring, cathedral alive] CANTATE DOMINO One day ten thousand times ten thousand strong CANTATE DOMINO Will drown the heavens with unbroken song Until the skies themselves cannot contain The glory of the Lamb who once was slain Cantate Domino Sing, sing, sing forever Amen. [Outro – soft harp fading, monk choir] Laudate eum in sono tubae Laudate eum in psalterio et cithara (Psalm 150:3) Alleluia.

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