Description
Tracklist
- Psalm 90
- Psalm 23 (Shepherd of Life)
- Psalm 126 (The Lord Has Done Great Things)
- Psalm 72 & 131 (As Long as the Sun)
- Psalm 13 (How Long)
- Psalm 40
- Psalm 16 (I Will Not Be Shaken)
- Psalm 32
- Psalm 25 (Remember Me)
- Psalm 84 (God Our Protector)
- Psalm 113 (High Above the Fray)
- Psalm 92 (Fresh and Green)
- Psalm 3 (Jesus My Glory)
- Psalm 19 (Pleasing to You)
- Psalm 8 & Hebrews 1 (Oh Love)
- Psalm 116
Amy Knight –
Throughout the centuries, the Psalter has engaged God’s people in praise, prayer, and instruction. Steve Bell’s new CD, I Will Not Be Shaken, invites one into the Psalter’s profound imagery, dark questioning, and abandoned praise. Its 17 psalm-settings appear in the chronological order of their release over 25 years, taking the audience on a musical, biographical, and theological journey. A companion reader, I Will Not Be Shaken: A Songwriter’s Journey through the Psalms, provides further reflection on each psalm by Jamie Howison, and a short biographical note by Bell narrates each composition’s life-setting. The joint project richly engages the Psalter. As always, Bell’s work speaks honestly and to the heart; the written reflections thoughtfully invite one into deeper reflection on each psalm. This welcome project is a contemporary form of lectio divina, prayerfully reading scripture and life and drawing one into the old-but-ever-contemporary Psalter.
Lissa Wray Beal
Professor of Old Testament
Providence Theological Seminary
Leila Ward –
Why am I making this CD my Christmas gift to several dear people? To me it was sheer inspiration to take these particular songs that span the years of Steve’s music and gather them together in one upbeat, inspiring collection. Devotion and From the Vault have been my most played CD’s in the past year and now this new delight buoys me along in the car, and in my home on my excellent PC speakers. There is such a practical reason for my preference in music: I am uplifted and supported by the lyrics and enriched by singing along !