I Look from Afar

Piccolo, Anthony (b. 1946)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB
Treble Choir → Unison

Accompaniment:
Organ

Occasion:
Proper of Time → Advent → General Advent Season

Publication Information:
Royal School of Church Music — A283 (1983)

Text Information:
Reference: Advent Matins Responsory, “Adapted from Coverdale and the A.V. by John Uhrig”

Lyrics:

I look from afar, and behold, 
I see the power of God coming,
and a cloud covering the whole earth.

Go ye out to meet him, and say: 
Tell us if thou art he, 
who shall reign over the people of Israel.  
All ye inhabiters of the earth, 
and ye children of men, 
rich and poor, one with another, 
go ye out to meet him and say: 
Hear, O thou shepherd of Israel: 
thou that leadest Joseph like a flock.  		
Hear, O thou shepherd of Israel: 
Tell if thou art he.  
	
Lift up your heads, O ye gates, 
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors: 		
and the King of glory shall come in
who shall reign over the people of Israel.

I look from afar, and behold, 
I see the power of God coming,
and a cloud covering the whole earth. 
	
Go ye out to meet him.

Notes: SATB with Soprano, Alto, and Tenor divisi, and optional treble semichorus.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Feb 11, 2022