“....drawing people to God”
Really?
Where? NOT in regular Mass attendance post-1970.
So exactly how do you justify that statement?
Let's face it. Most Catholics are poorly catechized hence, they have probably never read Scripture and are unfamiliar with the Book of Psalms. When one is disconsolate, to hear such a hymn is to hear the Psalm. To hear the words that God is near "standing always at my side" is a reminder that God is not some distant divinity but One who is here, present in our times of solace and grief.
Why is this such a problem for you?