The Janitors’ Psalm
Wednesday Evening January 18, 2006 Psalm 84 “The Janitor's Song” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Some of you, when you hear just the words “Psalm 84”, maybe the first few words of the Psalm itself, “How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord…” immediately go into Brahms…it starts playing in your mind: “How lovely”…Die Leiblich, from the Brahms Requiem. It's the fourth or fifth movement in Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, “A German Requiem.” It's a beautiful piece of music; one of the most beloved sacred choral pieces in all of the literature. But you probably don't think of it as a janitor's song, and if you’re looking at your bulletin, in the bulletin you may have noticed that I've titled it, “The Janitor's Song.” You…