Lyrics from “Over My Head” (traditional spiritual):
Over my head, I hear music in the air. There must be a Joy somewhere!
Over my head, I hear singing everywhere. There must be a Joy somewhere!
Over my head, I hear music in the air. Over my head, I hear singing everywhere.
There must be a Joy! There must be a Joy! There must be a Joy somewhere!
Responsive Reading for September 17
“But you, LORD, are a shield around me; my glory, you keep my head high. With my own voice I will call out to the LORD, and he will answer me from his holy mountain” (Ps. 3).
Over my head, I hear music in the air. There must be a Joy somewhere!
“You will show me the path to life, abounding joy in your presence, the delights at your right hand forever” (Ps.16).
Over my head, I hear singing everywhere. There must be a Joy somewhere!
“You are my shelter; you guard me from distress; with joyful shouts of deliverance you surround me” (Ps. 32).
Over my head, I hear music in the air. Over my head, I hear singing everywhere.
“Blessed the people … who walk in the radiance of your face, LORD.
In your name they sing joyfully all the day; they rejoice in your righteousness” (Ps. 89).
There must be a Joy! There must be a Joy! There must be a Joy somewhere!