Performed in Heaven is a compact disc of metrical psalms recorded at the Psalmody Recitals, held each winter since 1971 (except 1977) at St Vincent Street Free Church in Glasgow, where sizeable congregations gathered from a variety of churches and denominations. The psalms on the compact disc are all sung by the entire congregation and, as such, reflect the unaffectedness of congregational praise. The recordings are an authentic reflection of the type of singing that has been heard in the Reformed churches of Scotland since the Reformation. In order to produce this unique compilation of congregational psalm-singing, it was necessary to re-master recordings made with the technology of an earlier era. Thus, the recordings themselves span a period of twenty-five years, with the majority being from the seventies or eighties.

Performed in Heaven: Congregational Psalm Singing from Scotland

Psalm 146:1-6 Hamilton

Psalm 25 v 1-7 (Malan)

Psalm 133 (Dingwall)

Psalm 142 (Coleshill)

Psalm 95 
Scottish psalter 
Tune- Gainsborough 
Verses- 1-5

Sung 2025 at one of the regular gatherings. Precented by David McKay

Psalm 95 (Gainsborough) V1-5

A selection of various Exclusive Psalmody recordings.

CD Scottish Psalter

Psalm 119 - Perfect Way

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Psalm 16 sung a capella from Sing Psalm (2003)(Produced by the Free Church of Scotland).  Meter: SM

8	Before me constantly
			I set the LORD alone.
		Because he is at my right hand
			I’ll not be overthrown.

	9	Therefore my heart is glad;
			my tongue with joy will sing.
		My body too will rest secure
			in hope unwavering.

	10	For you will not allow
			my soul in death to stay,
		Nor will you leave your Holy One
			to see the tomb’s decay.

	11	You have made known to me
			the path of life divine.
		Bliss shall I know at your right hand;
			joy from your face will shine.

Recorded at a wedding at Free North Church. Innes Macsween leading the singing.

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Psalm 16 v8-11 (Tune: Golden Hill)

Psalm 39 Copyright: Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland). Sung acapella at 28rd Glasgow Recital 1999 (Meter: CMD)

1 I said, “Now let me watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin.
I’ll put a muzzle on my mouth while I’m with wicked men.”
2 When I was silent and kept still and firmly held my peace,
Not speaking even what was good, this made my pain increase.

3 Because of this my heart grew hot; the fire burned strong indeed
The more I mused upon it all. Then I began to plead:
4 “LORD, show me that my life will end— how many days I’ll see—
And cause me, LORD, to understand how brief my life will be.

5 “O LORD, how short you make my days before I sink in death.
My years are nothing in your sight; man’s life is but a breath.
6 “Like shadows people go about; they bustle to and fro.
They heap up wealth, but do not know to whom their wealth will go.

Psalm 39 v1-6 (Tune: Kinlochewe)

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Text: Scottish Psalter (1650)  Recorded at a Free Church of Scotland Psalmody Recital(Meter: CM)

1  Wherefore is it that thou, O Lord,
         dost stand from us afar?
      And wherefore hidest thou thyself,
         when times so troublous are?

   2  The wicked in his loftiness
         doth persecute the poor:
      In these devices they have framed
         let them be taken sure.

17  O Lord, of those that humble are
         thou the desire didst hear;
      Thou wilt prepare their heart, and thou
         to hear wilt bend thine ear;

  18  To judge the fatherless, and those
         that are oppressed sore;
      That man, that is but sprung of earth,
         may them oppress no more.

Psalm 10 (Tune: Glenluce)

Text: Scottish Psalter (1650) Recorded @ Arbroath FCC Youth Weekend
Meter: CM

  5  For thou a little lower hast
         him than the angels made;
      With glory and with dignity
         thou crowned hast his head.

   6  Of thy hands' works thou mad'st him lord,
         all under's feet didst lay;
   7  All sheep and oxen, yea, and beasts
         that in the field do stray;

   8  Fowls of the air, fish of the sea,
         all that pass through the same.
   9  How excellent in all the earth,
         Lord, our Lord, is thy name!

Psalm 8 (Tune: Tiverton)

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Psalm 18 sung acapella from the Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650.
Singing by Dowanvale Free Church of Scotland. (Meter: CM)

28  The Lord will light my candle so,
         that it shall shine full bright:
      The Lord my God will also make
         my darkness to be light.  

  29  By thee through troops of men I break,
         and them discomfit all;
      And, by my God assisting me,
         I overleap a wall.

31  Who but the Lord is God? but he
         who is a rock and stay?
  32  'Tis God that girdeth me with strength,
         and perfect makes my way.

 35  The shield of thy salvation
         thou didst on me bestow:
      Thy right hand held me up, and great
         thy kindness made me grow.

Psalm 18 (Tune: Warwick)

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