This anthem for Good Friday combines verse material from the hymn Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed by Isaac Watts with the responsive refrain: Agnus dei qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis. The choral singing is a supported by a quiet organ part with a repeated bass line.

Commissioned by St. Barnabas Lutheran Church, Plymouth, Minnesota, for the dedication concert of its new J.F. Nordlie organ on April 1, 2001. Praise the Living God Who Sings is a festive choral setting of the text by David Robb of Dalton, Georgia. Robb’s text was inspired by Zephaniah 3:17, "He will rejoice over you with singing." The three stanzas are set in fast-slow-fast form, with the opening and closing sections in 5/4 meter and the pastoral middle section in 3/4. Alleluias resound throughout the anthem, with the final strain repeating in octave unison the dramatic reminder that "God still sings!"

This piece is fairly short in length, and is designed to be a "shout of joy" at the beginning of the Easter morning service. It can also be used as an anthem between scripture readings or as an offertory anthem. The organ part is for manuals only until the last couple bars, when the pedal enters for the final chords. Brass parts included with choral score.