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How Great Is Your Goodness (Psalm 31)

This song is a worshipful retelling of Psalm 31:19–24, expanding David’s testimony of deliverance into a Christ-centered story of rescue, assurance, and communal praise. At its core, it celebrates the abundance of God’s “stored-up goodness”—a goodness prepared in advance for those who fear Him and take refuge in Him, even when circumstances appear hopeless. The imagery of a “city under siege” captures the human experience of crisis, fear, and isolation. In the psalm, David feels cut off, convinced that God no longer sees him. The song gives voice to that same panic, honestly admitting the alarm of believing oneself abandoned. Yet the refrain repeatedly overturns that fear: God hears. His steadfast love breaks through the siege, proving that perceived separation is not reality. Verse 2 deepens the meaning by pointing to Christ. Jesus becomes the embodiment of the “stored-up goodness” and the ultimate Refuge. He Himself was plotted against, betrayed, and “cut off” in the city of death, enduring the final siege of sin and judgment. Through His death and resurrection, the shelter once hidden becomes an open, “spacious place”—a biblical image of freedom, safety, and restored life. What was once guarded is now shared. As the music turns celebratory, the song mirrors the psalm’s shift from personal lament to communal exhortation. The call to “love the Lord, all you His saints” invites believers to respond with courage, faithfulness, and hope. Pride is exposed as fleeting, while trust in God leads to preservation and strength. The bridge and closing verses affirm that the siege was temporary, the fear a lie, and God’s attentiveness constant. What ends in praise is not just deliverance from trouble, but the assurance of belonging. The song declares that God’s goodness is no longer merely stored up—it is fully revealed, shared, and celebrated by all who wait for Him. Title: How Great Is Your Goodness (Psalm 31:19-24) (Instrumental Introduction) (The deep drone from Part 1's outro transitions, warming in tone and opening into a major key. The single, clean piano note is joined by a second, forming a hopeful interval. A gentle, steady drumbeat emerges—like a strong, renewed heartbeat. An acoustic guitar begins a bright, open-chorded strumming pattern. The walls of the fortress have fallen away to reveal a sunrise over a broad landscape.) Verse 1 Oh, how abundant is Your goodness, which You have stored up for those who fear You, And worked for those who take refuge in You, in the sight of the children of man, so true! In the cover of Your presence You hide them from the plots of men, You store them in Your shelter from the strife of tongues, again. Chorus Blessed be the Lord, for He has wondrously shown His steadfast love to me, When I was in a city under siege, in my calamity. I had said in my alarm, “I am cut off from Your sight, from Your face,” But You heard the voice of my pleas for mercy when I cried to You for grace. Verse 2 You are the Stored-Up Goodness, the abundance we now hold, The Refuge who was plotted against, the Shelter who was sold. You were cut off in the city of death, under ultimate siege, To work this wondrous love for us, to reach and to oblige. You heard the plea of every alarm, the cry of every soul, And in Your rising, You became the Spacious Place, the whole. REPEAT CHORUS Verse 3 Love the Lord, all you His saints! The Lord preserves the faithful, But abundantly repays the one who acts in pride, so dreadful. Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord, who hope! For He is coming with the reward, He gives you strength to cope. REPEAT CHORUS Bridge The stored-up goodness is now an open feast, the shelter is a home, The silenced, strife-filled tongues now sing around Your throne. The alarm was but a moment, the cutting off a lie, For the Lord of steadfast love was listening, His ear was ever nigh. So let the siege be memory, a story now to tell, Of how the God of goodness saved our souls from death and hell. *(Musical Transition: The celebration simmers to a warm, contented glow. The fiddle and mandolin drop out, leaving the acoustic guitar, a soft piano, and the steady heartbeat of the drums.) Verse 4 So I love You, Lord, my strength, my fortress proven true, My spirit, once committed, is now held and renewed by You. I wait no more in dread, but wait with hope and certain cheer, For all His saints together, in the spacious place, are here. Outro Chorus (A massive, congregational, grateful shout)