Reformed Tunes Tuesday: Anathallo – “At The Lowest Point”
Posted on 27. Apr, 2010 by Josh Mullen in Music
Anathallo, a greek word meaning “to renew, refresh, or bloom again”
This song is about a man who has reached the end of his rope, deep in his sin, and realizes his need for God. I’m reminded of King David after he has had sex with Uriah’s wife, Bathsheba, and got her pregnant, and tried to cover it up by killing Uriah and then marrying Bathsheba. After all of this, David confessed his sins and repents, writing Psalm 51. Here’s verses 1-12 of Psalm 51:
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
Breath your love through my soul
Hear the words of my broken praise
I’m dying and you know it
I’m so far away from you, from you
Break through to me
I am merely a man, crying out in distress
Scorn has broken my heart and left me feeling empty, so alone
As the grass melts before the fire,
may my wickedness perish before you, before you
In the time of your favor and in your great love,
rescue me with your sure salvation
Break through to me
I am merely a man crying out in distress
Scorn has broken my heart and left me feeling empty, so alone, so alone
It’s fading, help my faith to remain
It’s fading, help my faith to remain
Break through to me
I am merely a man crying out in distress
Scorn has broken my heart and left me feeling empty, so alone, so alone
