psalmody

Not our singing, but some of the songs we sing @ Stirling Free Kirk

Songs We Sing

Sing Plsam

Psalms

Psalms to Try

Long Meter

Praise

Sung from Sing Psalms (2003) 
by permission Free Church of Scotland

Psalm 100 (Tune: Diademata)

Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms
 PSALM 117 sung acapella from Sing Psalms, 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland). Meter:  87.87.87

	1	Praise the LORD, O all you nations;
			all you peoples, sing his praise.
	2	For his love is great towards us;
			his commitment lasts always.
		He is faithful now and ever.
			Hallelujah!  Praise the LORD!

Psalm 117  (Tune: Regent’s Square)

Featuring the student body of Bob Jones University

O Church, Arise

Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms

13 Thou shalt arise, and mercy yet
Thou to mount Zion shalt extend:
Her time for favor which was set,
Behold, is now come to an end.

14 Thy saints take pleasure in her stones,
Her very dust to them is dear.
15 All heathen lands and kingly thrones
On earth thy glorious name shall fear.

16 God in his glory shall appear,
When Zion he builds and repairs.
17 He shall regard and lend his ear
Unto the needy’s humble pray’rs:

Th’ afflicted’s pray’r he will not scorn.
18 All times this shall be on record:
And generations yet unborn
Shall praise and magnify the Lord.

Text from the Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650.

Psalm 102 v13-18 (Tune: Angels' Song)

Here Is Love

Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms
Sung acapella from: Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland).  Sung by the Highland Harmony Singers at a Festival of Psalmody.
meter:  8 7 8 7

1 Praise the LORD, my soul! O praise him!
2 I’ll extol him all my days.
While I live, to God my Saviour
from my heart I will sing praise.
3 Do not put your trust in princes,
mortal men who cannot save.
4 All their plans will come to nothing
when they perish in the grave.

5 Blessèd is the one who truly
looks for help to Jacob’s God;
Blessèd is the one who places
all his hope upon the LORD—

6 He who made the earth and heaven
and the seas, with all their store;
He who keeps his every promise,
who is faithful evermore.

7 He delivers from oppression
and relieves the hungry’s plight.
He releases those in prison;
8 to the blind the LORD gives sight.

Those who are bowed down he raises.
God delights in righteousness.
9 He protects and cares for strangers,
widows and the fatherless.

He frustrates the wicked’s purpose.
10 So the LORD through endless days
Reigns to every generation.
Praise your God, O Zion, praise!

Psalm 146 v1-10 (Tune: Calon Lan)

Curtis Ward, Emily Ropchan and Lynne Reckhow sing the 23rd Psalm at St. Timothy's Anglican Church on November 27, 2015. 

Curtis And Emily And Lynne Sing The 23rd Psalm

Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms

Copyright: Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland)

1 You mighty ones, give to the LORD as his right,
Ascribe to the LORD God both glory and might.
2 To the LORD’s name due glory and honour accord;
In beauty of holiness worship the LORD.

3 The LORD’s voice is over the waters abroad,
And thunder proceeds from the glorious God.
Above all the waters God’s thunder is heard;
4 A powèrful voice is the voice of the LORD.

The voice of the LORD is majestic and loud;
5 By the voice of the LORD the great cedars are bowed.
Yes, even the cedars of Lebanon tall,
The LORD breaks in pieces and shatters them all.

10 The LORD over floods sits as monarch alone;
The LORD sits for ever as King on his throne.
11 The LORD makes the strength of his people increase;
The LORD gives his people the blessing of peace.

Psalm 29 (Tune: St Denio)

Samples of the Psalm tunes in 10 10 10 10 Metre, Major Keys, from psalmsandpsimilar.wordpress.com

Farley Castle V1

Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms

1 I will exalt you, O my God and King;
For ever I will praise your holy name.
2 I will extol your name for evermore;
Day after day your praise I will proclaim.

3 Great is the LORD, most worthy of all praise;
His greatness none can search or comprehend.
4 Each generation will recount your deeds
And to the next your mighty acts commend.

5-6 They praise the splendour of your majesty,
The power of the works that you have done.
I too will meditate upon your deeds,
And your majestic acts I will make known.

7 They will rejoice in your benevolence,
And your abundant grace they’ll celebrate;
The righteousness that you have shown to them
In praise and joyful song they will relate.

8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate;
He’s slow to anger, rich in steadfast love.
9 The LORD is good to all that he has made,
And merciful to all on earth that move.

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

Meter ( 10 10 10 10 )

Psalm 145 v1-9 (Tune: Dunblane Cathedral)

(reproduced with permission) Copyright: Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland)

( L.M.)
1 All nations, clap your hands and shout!
Let joyful cries to God ring out!
2 How awesome is the LORD Most High,
Great King who rules the earth throughout!

3 He has subdued beneath our feet
The nations who had been our foes.
4 In blessing Jacob, whom he loved,
A heritage for us he chose.

5 God has gone up with shouts of joy,
The LORD amid the trumpets’ sound.
6 Sing praise, sing praise to God Most High;
To God our King let praise abound.

7 For God is King of all the earth;
Sing psalms of praise to him alone.
8 God rules the nations from on high;
He sits upon his holy throne.

9 The leaders of the nations come
To yield themselves to Abr’ham’s God.
To him belong the shields of earth;
Exalted greatly is the LORD!

Psalm 47 (Tune: Church Triumphant)

Recorded at Inverness Festival of Psalms 2003, used with permission. PSALM 9 (b) from Sing Psalms, 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland.)Meter: 11 11 11 11

1 Wholehearted thanksgiving to you I will bring;
In praise of your marvellous works I will sing.
2 For joy I will shout and exultantly cry
In praise of your glorious name, O Most High.

3 My enemies turn in disorderly flight;
They stumble and perish in face of your might.
4 For you have defended my right and my cause;
You sat in just judgment, upholding your laws.

5 You threatened the nations, the wicked destroyed;
Their names you erased and for ever made void.
6 My foes are disgraced and completely undone,
Their cities uprooted, their memory gone.

7 The LORD sits for ever as king on his throne;
His rule is established for justice alone.
8 He judges the world and he does what is right;
He governs the nations with justice and might

ThePsalmsSung.org

Psalm 9 b v1-8 (Tune: Datchet)

Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms
Recorded at the Inverness Festival of Psalms (2003) by the Free Church Choir. PSALM 72 sung a capella from Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland. Meter: LM

1 Endow the king with justice, LORD,
The royal son with righteousness.
2 Your people, your afflicted ones,
He’ll judge with truth and uprightness.

3 The mountains will bring peace to them,
The hills the fruit of righteousness.
4 He will defend and save the poor,
And crush all those who them oppress.

5 As long as sun and moon endure,
So will he live time without end.
6 He’ll be like showers on the earth,
Like rains that on mown fields descend.

7 The righteous then will blossom forth
Throughout his everlasting reign;
Until the moon no longer shines,
Peace in abundance will remain.

Psalm 72 v1-7 (Tune: Cannock)

Psalm Singing from the Sing Psalms Psalter (2003) sung to a well known hymn tune 'In Christ Alone'.

Psalm 103 v 1-14 - In Christ Alone* [Sing Psalms] (DLM)

Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms

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.

Text: Psalm 100 sung acapella from The Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650. Recorded at free church of scotland psalm sing.

Psalm 100 (Tune: Old 100th | Acapella)

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

The Lords my Shepherd

Psalm 18 1-6

Psalm 18 7-16

Psalm 18 27-35

I have a few of these hiding away on my laptop. 

Headphones are highly recommended. It's hard to follow the individual parts in mono I find.

Psalm 34 (Sing Psalms)  - Resignation

Recorded at RP International Conference 2004
Tune: Andre - William Bradbury, (1816-1868)
From The Book of Psalms for Singing are used by permission of Crown & Covenant Publications.

Psalm 72 C (Tune: Andre)

Copyright: Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland).

1 O LORD, in your strength how the king is exultant!
How great is his joy in the triumphs you bring!
2 To him you have granted his heart’s deepest longing;
you answered the plea from the lips of the king.

3 You welcomed him richly with blessings of goodness;
a crown of fine gold you have placed on his head.
4 He asked you for life, and you gave him it freely—
abundance of days, that his years should not end.

5 Through triumphs you gave his renown is exalted,
and you have bestowed on him splendour and grace.
6 You surely have granted him blessings eternal;
you filled him with joy by the light of your face.

7 For the king puts his trust in the LORD high above;
unshaken he stands through the LORD’s steadfast love.

8 Your hand will lay hold upon all your opponents;
your right hand will seize all the foes in your path.
9 You’ll set them ablaze with your glorious appearance;
you’ll swallow them up in the fire of your wrath.

10 From earth you will utterly wipe out their offspring.
11 They plot wicked schemes, but will never prevail.
12 Because when you aim with your bow at the ready
you’ll make them turn back and their courage will fail.

13 Be exalted, O LORD, in the strength of your arm;
we will praise your great might to the sound of a psalm.

Psalm 21 (Tune: Exultation)

Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms
Recorded @ Dowanvale Free Church

1 Praise God, my soul! With all my heart
Let me exalt his holy name.
2 Forget not all his benefits;
His praise, my soul, in song proclaim.
3 The LORD forgives you all your sins,
And heals your sickness and distress;
4 Your life he rescues from the grave,
And crowns you in his tenderness.

5 He satisfies your deep desires
From his unending stores of good,
So that, just like the eagle’s strength,
Your youthful vigour is renewed.
6 The LORD is known for righteous acts
And justice to downtrodden ones.
7 To Moses he made known his ways,
His mighty deeds to Israel’s sons.

8 The LORD is merciful and kind,
To anger slow, and full of grace.
9 He will not constantly reprove,
Or in his anger hide his face.
10 He does not punish our misdeeds,
Or give our sins their just reward.
11 How great his love—as high as heaven—
Towards all those who fear the LORD!

Psalm 103 v1-11 (Tune: Before The Throne)

Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms
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)

700 Free Recordings of Congregational & Choral Psalm Singing.
Different Versions, Different Tunes, Different Styles. All the recordings are free!!

I LOVE doing it and I love hearing how others appreciate it, but it does cost money. So if you can help me cover the overheads (https://www.patreon.com/psalms), I will keep uploading the beautiful recordings! 

Buy Scottish Psalter (1650) with sheet music: https://amzn.to/4cJHFPY