this song is spoken in order from the first 19 Psalms that end with Selah in the KJV of the Bible.
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Story behind the song
My brotha Zach Villicano is good with showin love. He let me do what's good on this track that he created and calls My Control. Zach also did the track for the Revelation of Love on my music page.
An anonymous sister blessed me with the idea of using the Psalms that end in Selah. There are 75 verses in the Psalms, this song is made from the first 19 in the order that they come in. I am blessed by the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. I AM THAT I AM.
Lyrics
Our Refuge
1 - 3:2 Many [there be] which say of my soul, [There is] no help for him in God. Selah.
2 - 3:4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
3 - 3:8 Salvation [belongeth] unto the LORD: thy blessing [is] upon thy people. Selah.
4 - 4:2 ”O ye sons of men, how long [will ye turn] my glory into shame? [how long] will ye love vanity, [and] seek after leasing? Selah.
5. 4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
6 - 7:5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
7 - 9:16 The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
8 - 9:20 Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] men. Selah.
9 - 20: 3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
10 - 21:2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
11 - 24:6 This [is] the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
12 - 32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
13 - 35:5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
14 - 32:7 Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
15 - 39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.
16 - 44:8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
17 - 46:3 [Though] the waters thereof roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
18 - 46:7 The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.
19 - 46:11 The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.
Selah (Hebrew: סלה) may be the most difficult word in the Hebrew Bible to translate. Selah is probably either a liturgico-musical mark or an instruction on the reading of the text, something like "stop and listen". The Psalms were sung accompanied by musical instruments and there are references to this in many chapters. Thirty-one of the thirty-nine psalms with the caption "To the choir-master" include "Selah" so the musical context of selah is obvious. Selah notes a break in the song and as such is similar in purpose to Amen in that it stresses the importance of the preceding passage. Alternatively, Selah may mean "forever", as it does in some places in the liturgy (notably the second to last blessing of the Amidah). Another interpretation claims that Selah comes from the primary Hebrew root word [calah] which means "to hang", and by implication to measure (weigh).[1] Also "Selah" is the name of a city from the time of David and Solomon.[2]
It is translated into today's general language with the meaning: think about it or praise [the lord]. Other editions just leave it untranslated as "sela" or "selah"
In Islam and in Arabic generally, Salah means prayer, and Selah means connection. Both words come from the same original root Sel which means connect.
Verses: KJV blueletterbible.com
Selah Defined by: Wikipedia
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