A beautiful song performed by Tori Kelly, Psalm 42 is part of her second studio album, titled Hiding Place.
The song was released on the 14th of September as part of the aforementioned album.
Psalm 42 was released under the umbrella of both School Boy Records and Capitol Records labels.
The song is quite long, having a total length of 5 minutes and 34 minutes. It is a beautiful mix of Christian, Gospel and Pop musical genres.
The piano sheets of Psalm 42 are an true expression of its beauty as performed by Tori Kelly.
The title of Kelly’s album comes from Psalm 32:7:
You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with songs of deliverance.
Kelly stated on her Instagram page that:
"she initially planned on making the followup to Unbreakable Smile a pop album with only one gospel song. She has stated before that she had no interest in being labeled a Christian artist even though some of her inspirations were Rachael Lampa and Crystal Lewis"
She also stated that:
"I grew up on gospel music, I grew up singing it and a lot of what makes up gospel music is a huge influence in my own music. Growing up, I thought maybe one day I’ll do a gospel project." Kelly co-wrote half of the album's songs with gospel musician Kirk Franklin.
At the Grammy Awards ceremony in 2019, Tory Kelly’s album received two Grammys: Best Gospel Album and Best Gospel Performance and Song for Hiding Place’s album track "Never Alone".
The initial song was published in Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry (fol. 97v). Also, at the name suggests, it was the 42nd psalm of the Book of Psalms.
Initially, it was written in Hebrew.
Throughout time, many artists interpreted the song, such as: Ockeghem, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Dietrich Buxtehude and many, many others.
Now, grab the Psalm 42 free piano sheet music by Tory Kelly and express those piano skills!
