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Watch Aaron Shust's Performance of "To The Only God."
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Watch Aaron Shust's Performance of "To The Only God."
AaronShust.com
songwhip.com/aaron-shust/doxology
Visit Israel with Aaron
landofzion.org
![My Help (Psalm 121) (feat. Yaron Cherniak) [Official Lyric Video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j-M0LGMg9EU/mqdefault.jpg "My Help (Psalm 121) (feat. Yaron Cherniak) [Official Lyric Video]
Aaron Shust鈥檚 song My Help (Psalm 121) is one of 10 Psalms on his 10th full-length album entitled Heaven + Earth.
DESCRIPTION:
Michael Card tells the story of sitting in class at Bible School as a young student, and his professor singing an ancient melody to Psalm 121. Some scholars believe its over 2,000 years old, thus leaving the door open to the possibility that Jesus and His disciples were familiar with it. If so, they may have sung these exact Hebrew words to this very melody. The world may never know, buts its fun to imagine.
Michael recorded an a cappella version of this melody in 1990, and I knew it would be the perfect moment of contemplative, mysterious beauty for my collection of Psalms. Choosing to include my good friend Yaron Cherniak, a native of Israel and a master of countless Middle Eastern instruments, was a no-brainer and a non-option for this recording. The second he heard the track, he responded, I have a Cretan Louetta that would be perfect for this. He was so right.
Nathans brilliance in production kept the song shrouded in mystery and fog, just the way I wanted it. It needed to feel like an ancient King of Judah, standing on his palace rooftop in Jerusalem, was peering into the pre-dawn mist, anxious to see whether or not the enemy was cresting the hills surrounding the city. If the enemy were approaching, where would his help come from?
The Psalmist answers that question: My Help comes from the LORD God, Maker of Heaven and Earth.
Lyrics: The 121st Psalm, translation by Michael Card
Music: Aaron Shust + Ancient Melody
Vocals: Aaron Shust
Cretan Louetta and Hebrew Vocals: Yaron Cherniak
Production + Instruments: Nathan Nockels
Mix: Nick Rad
Mastering: Bob Boyd
Video Editing: Yaakov Schwarz
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LYRICS:
ENGLISH
I lift up my eyes unto the hills
From whence shall come my help?
My help is from the Lord God
Maker of Heaven and Earth
He will not give to the moving of your foot
Nor shall slumber He who keeps thee
Behold He鈥檒l not slumber
Nor will He sleep
He who keeps Israel
HEBREW
讗侄砖指旨讉讗 注值讬谞址讬 讗侄诇-讛侄讛指专执讬诐
诪值讗址讬执谉 讬指讘止讗 注侄讝职专执讬
注侄讝职专执讬 诪值注执诐 讬职讛讜指讛
注止砖值讉讛 砖指讈诪址讬执诐 讜指讗指专侄抓
讗址诇-讬执转值旨谉 诇址诪旨讜止讟 专址讙职诇侄讱指
讗址诇-讬指谞讜旨诐 砖止讈诪职专侄讱指
讛执谞值旨讛 诇止讗-讬指谞讜旨诐 讜职诇止讗 讬执讬砖指讈谉
砖讈讜止诪值专 讬执砖职讉专指讗值诇
TRANSLITERATION:
Esa einai el heharim
Meayin yavo ezri?
Ezri meim ADONAI
Oseh shamayim vaaretz
Al yiten lamot raglekha
Al yanum shomrekha
Hineh lo yanum
v鈥檒o yiyshan
Shomer Yisrael")
