Psalms

Mr John Murdo Martin and Rev Calum Iain MacLeod

Gaelic Psalm 23 - Our Wedding

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1  All people that on earth do dwell,
       Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice.
 2  Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell,
       Come ye before him and rejoice.

 3  Know that the Lord is God indeed;
       Without our aid he did us make:
    We are his flock, he doth us feed,
       And for his sheep he doth us take.

 4  O enter then his gates with praise,
       Approach with joy his courts unto:
    Praise, laud, and bless his name always,
       For it is seemly so to do.

 5  For why? the Lord our God is good,
       His mercy is for ever sure;
    His truth at all times firmly stood,
       And shall from age to age endure.


Recorded sung acapella Psalm 100, to the tune Old 100th. Recorded by Innes Mac Sween: https://soundcloud.com/innesness

Psalm 100 (Tune: Old 100th | Acapella | Sung at a Scottish Wedding)

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PSALM 116 sung acapella from Sing Psalm (2003)(Produced by the Free Church of Scotland) Recorded at Dowanvale free Church September 2014. Meter: 10.10.10.10

5	The LORD our God is kind and full of grace;
		Both righteous and compassionate is he.
	6	The LORD protects all those of childlike faith;
		When I was in great need, he rescued me.

	7	Rest, O my soul; God has been good to you—
	8	For you, O LORD, have saved my soul from death,
		My feet from stumbling and my eyes from tears,
	9	That I may live for you while I have breath.

	10	I trusted in the LORD, and then I spoke;
		I said in anguish: “I am sorely tried”.
	11	And in the very depths of my dismay,
		“All men are liars—every one!” I cried.

	12	How can I thank the LORD for all he’s done?
	13	With gratitude salvation’s cup I’ll raise;
	14	I’ll call upon his name, and will fulfil
		My vows to him before his people’s face.

Psalm 116 (Tune: Eventide)

Psalm 23 - Tarwathie

Recorded at RP International Conference 2008
(Tune: Enter)  - Composed by Eleanor Hutcheson (1970)

From The Book of Psalms for Singing are used by permission of Crown & Covenant Publications.

Text from the KJV Bible:

1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
2 Serve the Lord with gladness:
come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the Lord he is God:
it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,
and into his courts with praise:
be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting;
and his truth endureth to all generations.

Psalm 100  [From the King James Bible]

Psalm 25 - Selma

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57 Thou my sure portion art alone,
which I did choose, O Lord:
I have resolved, and said, that I
would keep thy holy word.

58 With my whole heart I did entreat
thy face and favor free:
According to thy gracious word
be merciful to me.

59 I thought upon my former ways,
and did my life well try;
And to thy testimonies pure
my feet then turned I.

60 I did not stay, nor linger long,
as those that slothful are;
But hastily thy laws to keep
myself I did prepare.

61 Bands of ill men me robbed; yet I
thy precepts did not slight.
62 I’ll rise at midnight thee to praise,
ev’n for thy judgments right.

63 I am companion to all those
who fear, and thee obey.
64 O Lord, thy mercy fills the earth:
teach me thy laws, I pray.

Recorded during worship at Glasgow RP Church (10.1.2016)

Psalm 119 Part 8 (Tune: St Columba)

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Psalm 23 sung acapella from The Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650. (Meter: CM)

 1  The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want.
   2     He makes me down to lie
      In pastures green: he leadeth me
         the quiet waters by
.
   3  My soul he doth restore again;
         and me to walk doth make
      Within the paths of righteousness,
         ev'n for his own name's sake.

   4  Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale,
         yet will I fear none ill:
      For thou art with me; and thy rod
         and staff me comfort still.

   5  My table thou hast furnished
         in presence of my foes;
      My head thou dost with oil anoint,
         and my cup overflows.

   6  Goodness and mercy all my life
         shall surely follow me:
      And in God's house for evermore
         my dwelling-place shall be.

Psalm 23 (Tune: Bays of Harris)

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Recorded @ RP youth camp

7  Ye gates, lift up your heads on high;
         ye doors that last for aye,
      Be lifted up, that so the King
         of glory enter may.

   8  But who of glory is the King?
         The mighty Lord is this;
      Ev'n that same Lord, that great in might
         and strong in battle is.

   9  Ye gates, lift up your heads; ye doors,
         doors that do last for aye,
      Be lifted up, that so the King
         of glory enter may.

  10  But who is he that is the King
         of glory? who is this?
      The Lord of hosts, and none but he,
         the King of glory is.

Psalm 24 v7-10 (Tune: St. Georges Edinburgh)

Recorded at the Reformed Presbyterian International Conference 2004
Tune: St Catherine's - Horatio R. Palmer, (1834-1907)
From The Book of Psalms for Singing. Used by permission of Crown & Covenant Publications.

Psalm 148 (Tune: St Catherine)

Psalm 100, to the tune Old 100th, at the beautiful wedding service of Mr & Mrs Chris and Alison Macleod. 

Psalm 100, Old 100th - Chris & Alison's Wedding

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May for the people hill and mountain
Bring forth the peace they seek,
And justice, gushing like a fountain,
Restore the faint and meek.
May he defend the poor and needy,
May he their children save,
And crush oppressors, proud and greedy,
Who for their downfall crave.

May he, the royal son, be reigning
With judgments true and sure,
To all Thy people right ordaining
And justice to Thy poor.

May he, so high above the nations,
Live while the sun endures,
He, who throughout all generations
Our joy and peace ensures;
And may he be like rain that drenches
The meadows parched and pale,
Like showers whose abundance quenches
The thirst of hill and vale.

Psalm 72 (Genevan Psalter | Acapella)

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Psalm 134 (Tune: Cwm Rhondda)

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Text: Scottish Psalter (1650)  Recorded at Dowanvale Free Church of Scotland (Meter: CM)

 8  Of gladness and of joyfulness
         make me to hear the voice;
      That so these very bones which thou
         hast broken may rejoice.

   9  All mine iniquities blot out,
         thy face hide from my sin.
  10  Create a clean heart, Lord, renew
         a right sp'rit me within.

  11  Cast me not from thy sight, nor take
         thy Holy Sp'rit away.
  12  Restore me thy salvation's joy;
         with thy free Sp'rit me stay.

  13  Then will I teach thy ways unto
         those that transgressors be;
      And those that sinners are shall then
         be turned unto thee.

Psalm 51 v8-13 (Tune: Kilmarnock)

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Sung acapella from: Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland). ( 8 7.8 7 D)

1 Praise the LORD, my soul, O praise him!
LORD my God, you are so great!
2 Wrapped in light as with a garment,
clothed in majesty and state.
Like a tent he spreads the heavens,
3 and above the waters there
Sets the framework of his dwelling,
making it an upper layer.

He makes clouds of heav’n his chariot;
on the wings of wind he rides.
4 He makes flames of fire his servants;
winds obey what he decides.
5 He set earth on its foundations,
so that it should never move;
6 Then the deep submerged the mountains
till the waters stood above.

7 But when you rebuked the waters,
at your thunder they took flight;
8 They receded to the valleys,
flowing down the mountains’ height
To the place that you appointed.
9 You set bounds to their domain,
So that never will the waters
overwhelm the land again.

Psalm 104 v1-9 (Tune: Hyfrydol)

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PSALM 91 sung a capella from Sing Psalm (2003)(Produced by the Free Church of Scotland). Singing by Dowanvale Free Church. (Meter: 10.10.10.10)

11	For he will charge his angels with your care,
		To guard you in your footsteps every one;
	12	They will uphold and bear you in their hands,
		Lest you should strike your foot against a stone.

	13	Upon the mighty lion you will tread;
		The cobra you will overcome and kill.
		Your feet will trample down the king of beasts;
		The serpent will be crushed beneath your heel.

	14	“Because he loves me,” says the Sovereign LORD,
		“I’ll rescue and deliver him from harm.
		Since he acknowledges my holy name,
		I will protect him with my mighty arm.

	15	“He’ll call on me, and I will answer him;
		With him in time of trouble I will be.
		I will deliver him and honour him.
	16	Long will he live, and my salvation see.”

Psalm 91 (Tune: Highland Cathedral)

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Used with permission from King's College Choir, Cambridge and EMI classics.

1    By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept,  ♦
when we remembered Zion.
2    As for our lyres, we hung them up  ♦
on the willows that grow in that land.

3    For there our captors asked for a song,
    our tormentors called for mirth:  ♦
‘Sing us one of the songs of Zion.’
4    How shall we sing the Lord’s song  ♦
in a strange land?

5    If I forget you, O Jerusalem,  ♦
let my right hand forget its skill.

6    Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth
    if I do not remember you,  ♦
if I set not Jerusalem above my highest joy.

7    Remember, O Lord, against the people of Edom
    the day of Jerusalem,  ♦
how they said, ‘Down with it,

    down with it, even to the ground.’
8    O daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction,  ♦
happy the one who repays you
    for all you have done to us;
9    Who takes your little ones,  ♦
and dashes them against the rock.

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Psalm 137 (Anglican Chant | Acapella) "By the waters of Babylon"

Psalm 127 sung acapella from The Scottish Psalter of 1650
Recorded at Glasgow Reformed Presbyterian Church.

1  Except the Lord do build the house,
       the builders lose their pain:
    Except the Lord the city keep,
       the watchmen watch in vain.

 2  'Tis vain for you to rise betimes,
       or late from rest to keep,
    To feed on sorrows' bread; so gives
       he his beloved sleep.

 3  Lo, children are God's heritage,
       the womb's fruit his reward.
 4  The sons of youth as arrows are,
       for strong men's hands prepared.

 5  O happy is the man that hath
       his quiver filled with those;
    They unashamèd in the gate
       shall speak unto their foes.

Psalms

Andrew McCormack