{"id":3622,"date":"2022-06-06T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=3622"},"modified":"2026-06-06T15:44:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:44:03","slug":"therefore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=3622","title":{"rendered":"Therefore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/purechocolate.org.uk\/music_other\/therefore_AC.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Left<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return<br>And come with singing unto Zion<br>And everlasting joy shall be<br>upon their heads. upon their heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return<br>And come with singing unto Zion<br>And everlasting joy shall be<br>upon their heads. upon their heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They shall obtain They shall obtain<br>gladness and joy gladness and joy<br>And sorrow and sighing<br>shall flee away. shall flee away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return<br>And come with singing unto Zion<br>And everlasting joy shall be<br>upon their heads. upon their heads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return<br>And come with singing unto Zion<br>And everlasting joy shall be<br>upon their heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return<br>And come with singing unto Zion<br>And everlasting joy shall be<br>upon their heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They shall obtain<br>gladness and joy<br>And sorrow and sighing<br>shall flee away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return<br>And come with singing unto Zion<br>And everlasting joy shall be<br>upon their heads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Music: Ruth Lake Words: Ruth Lake \u00a9 1972<br>The copyright of this arrangement of music a cappella is held by\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:hymns@purechocolate.org.uk\">Stuart Moffatt (\u00a9 2022)<\/a>.<br>If you wish to perform it then to be safe you are likely to need a CCLI licence or hard copies of Scripture in Song, or another book containing this work, though the writer remembers learning the song from another who merely had a guitar and a voice, and seems to think that that might have been before 1972, but then the song may have been in circulation before it appeared in print.<br>For the avoidance of doubt, the version here is for educational purposes to illustrate the use of a close coupled group of female voices to bring to life a gospel song.<br>The midi file was produced using\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:extLink(18,0,0)\">Noteworthy Composer<\/a>.<br>The mp3 was produced using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myriad-online.com\/\">Myriad<\/a>\u00a0software.<br>Also on  <a href=\"https:\/\/nwc-scriptorium.org\/db\/leek_therefore.id\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NWC Scriptorium<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall returnAnd come with singing unto ZionAnd everlasting joy shall beupon their heads. upon their heads. Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall returnAnd come with singing unto ZionAnd everlasting joy shall beupon their heads. upon their heads. 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