Psalm 141's Significance To The Musical Selection Of The Lower Church

The musical selection that I believe is significant to the overall service would be Psalm 141. One particular characteristics that makes it significance to the service is it utilizes the word “evening”,which makes it very appropriate to the overall service. One of which would be in the first verse, where it is written as “let my prayer rise before you like incense, the raising of my hands like an evening oblation.” Additionally, right before this, there was incense being used right before this selection. To continue, in the second verse, where the text states “Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch, O Lord, at the door of my lips…” The word “Lord” in this case would be Jesus Christ and in this situation, it is essentially a ‘request’ for Jesus Christ to safeguard the person from wrongs and it signifies hope for the future as Vespers service is to show that despite the sun is setting, there is always light (or hope) for what is coming next. The congregation was relatively engaged in this service. For the most part, I was listening to people singing left and right; but not all were very enthusiastic about it. I think this could be attributed to the possibility of people not familiar with some of the songs, which I’ll admit that I am not 100%
This is especially true with the music, specifically as the acoustics did not make the music sound better. But then again, I might be showing bias in this aspect due to my background in music. Additionally, if the acoustics in the room was done better, the effects would have been amplified, as there is less space for the music to “fly around” in the lower church in comparison to a bigger space like the main church. Lastly, the structure of the room felt odd as there are chairs to the left and right of the podium, which could make it hard for some people to focus on the center of