Psalms 120 to 134 are fifteen beautiful psalms sometimes called the Songs of Ascent or Pilgrim Songs.  Scholars have suggested that worshippers sung these songs as they ascended the road to Jerusalem.  Others have suggested that the Levites sung them as they ascended the fifteen steps to the Temple.  I was stirred some years ago now to write short settings of these psalms.  For the most  part, the texts are characterised by brevity and I felt challenged to take a minimalist approach allowing myself one verse only (with the luxury of being able to repeat individual words!).  Hopefully, the simplicity of these Songs for the Road will allow worshippers to pick them up and make them their own after a single hearing.

Psalm 120 - I call on the Lord

Psalm 121 - Evermore, evermore

Psalm 122 - I rejoiced with those

Psalm 123 - I lift up my eyes to you

Psalm 124 - Our help is in the name of the Lord

Psalm 125 - As the mountains surround Jerusalem

Psalm 126 - Those who sow in tears

Psalm 127 - Unless the Lord builds the house

Psalm 128 - May the Lord bless you from Zion

Psalm 129 - They have greatly oppressed me

Psalm 130 - I wait for the Lord

Psalm 131 - I have stilled and quietened my soul

Psalm 132 - Let us go to his dwelling-place

Psalm 133 - How good and pleasant it is

Psalm 134 - Lift up, lift up

Songs

for the

Road

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