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Sung acapella from: Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland). Recorded at Dowanvale Free Church. PSALM 85 (meter: 8 7 8 7 D)

4 God our Saviour, now restore us;
from us turn away your rage.
5 Will your anger burn against us?
Will it last from age to age?
6 Will you not again revive us,
that we may rejoice in you?
7 Show us, LORD, your covenant mercy;
your salvation grant anew.

8 I will hear what God the LORD says:
to his saints he offers peace;
But his people must not wander
and return to foolishness.
9 Surely for all those who fear him
his salvation is at hand,
So that once again his glory
may be seen within our land.

10 Love and truth have met together;
righteousness and peace embrace.
11 Righteousness looks down from heaven;
from the earth springs faithfulness.
12 What is good the LORD will give us,
and our land its fruit will bear.
13 Righteousness will go before him
and his royal way prepare.

Psalm 85 v4-13 (Tune: Blaenwern)

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 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)

Psalm 42 from the Scottish Psalter of 1650. Recorded at 'Arbroath' youth weekend.

5  O why art thou cast down, my soul?
         why in me so dismayed?
      Trust God, for I shall praise him yet,
         his count'nance is mine aid.

      7  At the noise of thy water-spouts
         deep unto deep doth call;
      Thy breaking waves pass over me,
         yea, and thy billows all.

   8  His loving-kindness yet the Lord
         command will in the day,
      is song's with me by night; to God,
         by whom I live, I'll pray:

   9  And I will say to God my rock,
         Why me forgett'st thou so?
      Why, for my foes' oppression,
         thus mourning do I go?

Psalm 42 (Tune: Seek Ye First)

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text from Sing Psalms (2003). Sung by Dowanvale Free Church Of Scotland.
(Meter: 87.87.77)

1-2 O my people, hear my teaching;
parables I will unfold.
Give attention as I utter
dark and hidden things of old—
3 things that we have heard and known;
by our fathers they were shown.

4 We will tell them to our children,
generations yet to come;
We will show the LORD’s great power
and the wonders he has done.
5 Laws for Israèl he made,
statutes firm to be obeyed.

These he ordered our forefathers
to their families to tell,
6 So the coming generation,
not yet born, would know them well,
and their children, in their turn,
God’s commands and laws would learn.

7 Then to God they would be faithful,
mindful of what he had done—
8 Not like their disloyal fathers,
stubborn rebels every one;
for God’s word they had denied
and his precepts they defied.

Psalm 78 (Tune: Ottawa)

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Psalm 119 Part Gimel (Part 17)from Sing Psalm (2003)(Produced by the Free Church of Scotland)Sung acapella at Inverness Festival of Psalms 2003. Meter: LM

129 Your statutes, LORD, are wonderful,
So I obey them from my heart.
130 Your words, as they unfold, give light,
And truth to simple minds impart.

131 With open mouth I pant and yearn
To know the laws that you proclaim.
132 Show me the mercy you extend
To those who love and praise your name.

133 Direct my footsteps in your word;
Let sin not hold me in its sway.
134 From man’s oppression set me free
That your commands I may obey.

135 Upon your servant shine your face;
Teach me the statutes you have made.
136 My eyes shed streams of bitter tears
Because your law is not obeyed.

Psalm 119 Part 17 (Tune: Hereford)

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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

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

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.

Psalm 16 v7-11 (Tune: Old 134th)

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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)

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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)

Sung by Blackburn People's Choir Air on February 2014
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6R_FvWApBw)

Psalm 23 (Tune: Brother James' Air)

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Text from the Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650.

1  Be merciful to me, O God;
         thy mercy unto me
      Do thou extend; because my soul
         doth put her trust in thee:

      Yea, in the shadow of thy wings
         my refuge I will place,
      Until these sad calamities
         do wholly overpass.

   2  My cry I will cause to ascend
         unto the Lord most high;
      To God, who doth all things for me
         perform most perfectly.

   3  From heav'n he shall send down, and me
         from his reproach defend
      That would devour me: God his truth
         and mercy forth shall send.

Psalm 57 v1-3 (Tune: Torwood)

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Sung from Sing Psalms (2003) Recorded at Dowanvale Free Church of Scotland. (Meter: 10.10.10.10)

0 But you, O LORD, be merciful to me
And raise me up their malice to repay.
11 I know that you are pleased with me, O LORD;
For over me my foe does not hold sway.

12 In my integrity you hold me fast;
Before you I will constantly remain.
13 O praise the LORD, the God of Israel,
For ever and for evermore! Amen.

Psalm 41 (Tune: Eventide)

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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)

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

7 The LORD for ever reigns on high;
his throne for judgment stands.
8 He’ll judge the world in righteousness,
with justice rule the lands.

9 The LORD will be a hiding place
for those who are oppressed,
And he will be a strong defence
for those who are distressed.

10 All those who know your name, O LORD,
in you their trust will place,
For you do not abandon those
who seek your gracious face.

11 Sing praises to the LORD who sits
in Zion on his throne;
Among the nations of the world
proclaim what he has done.

Psalm 9 a v7-11 (Tune: Amazing Grace)

Recorded @ Singing the Reformation 2016
http://www.churchservicesociety.org/singing-reformation-2016

Text	Robert Pont
Music	David Peebles ed. Mick Swithinbank
Tune	Scottish Psalter, 1564, adapted from tune for Psalm 11 in Enchiridion, Erfurt, 1524
Metre	8888888

Psalm 76 - Scottish Psalter (1564)

Recorded at Reformed Presbyterian International Conference 2008
Tune: Shining Shore (87.87D Iambic) - George F. Root, 1820-1895

Psalm 136A From The Book of Psalms for Singing are used by permission of Crown & Covenant Publications.

O thank the LORD, for good is He;
His mercy lasts forever.
Thanks to the God of gods give ye;
His mercy lasts forever.

O praises give the King of kings;
His mercy lasts forever;
For He alone does wondrous things;
His mercy lasts forever;

Who in His wisdom framed the skies;
His mercy lasts forever;
Who made the earth from waters rise;
His mercy lasts forever;

Who placed the great lights on display;
His mercy lasts forever;
The sun to rule the sky by day;
His mercy lasts forever;

The moon and stars to rule the night;
His mercy lasts forever;
Who Egypt's firstborn all did smite;
His mercy lasts forever;

Who freed all Isr'el from their charm;
His mercy lasts forever;
With mighty hand and outstretched arm;
His mercy lasts forever;

Who by His wind the Red Sea clave;
His mercy lasts forever;
Led Isr'el through the parted wave;
His mercy lasts forever;

O'er Pharaoh He the Red Sea spread;
His mercy lasts forever;
Through desert wastes His people led;
His mercy lasts forever;

To Him Who great kings overthrew;
His mercy lasts forever;
Who famous kings in battle slew;
His mercy lasts forever;

10
King Sihon, of the Amorites;
His mercy lasts forever;
And Og, the king of Bashanites;
His mercy lasts forever;

11
Their land He gave to Israel;
His mercy lasts forever;
His servant gave a place to dwell;
His mercy lasts forever.

12
He thought on us when we were low;
His mercy lasts forever;
And made us free from every foe;
His mercy lasts forever.

13
He food bestows on all that live;
His mercy lasts forever.
Thanks to the God of heaven give;
His mercy lasts forever.

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Psalm 136A (Tune: Shining Shore)

A big thank you to Rev Calum I Macleod for letting us share this track from the album 'Sounds from Loch a Tuath', recorded at Back Free Church. (Released December 2013) www.backfreechurch.co.uk/
PSALM 34  From the Scottish Psalter of 1650. Meter: CM

7  The angel of the Lord encamps,
         and round encompasseth
      All those about that do him fear,
         and them delivereth.

   8  O taste and see that God is good:
         who trusts in him is blessed.
   9  Fear God his saints: none that him fear
         shall be with want oppressed.

  10  The lions young may hungry be,
         and they may lack their food:
      But they that truly seek the Lord
         shall not lack any good.

  11  O children, hither do ye come,
         and unto me give ear;
      I shall you teach to understand
         how ye the Lord should fear.

Psalm 34 v7-11(Tune: Land of Rest)

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)

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

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

Text: Scottish Psalter (1650)   (Meter: CM)

1  I to the hills will lift mine eyes,
       from whence doth come mine aid.
 2  My safety cometh from the Lord,
       who heav'n and earth hath made.

 3  Thy foot he'll not let slide, nor will
       he slumber that thee keeps.
 4  Behold, he that keeps Israel,
       he slumbers not, nor sleeps.

 5  The Lord thee keeps, the Lord thy shade
       on thy right hand doth stay:
 6  The moon by night thee shall not smite,
       nor yet the sun by day.

 7  The Lord shall keep thy soul; he shall
       preserve thee from all ill.
 8  Henceforth thy going out and in
       God keep for ever will.

Psalm 121 (Tune: French)

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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)

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Text from 'Sing Psalms' (2003). Sung acapella at Dowanvale Free Church of Scotland. Meter: 87.87.77

10 Lord, create a pure heart in me,
and a steadfast mind renew.
11 Do not take your Spirit from me;
cast me not away from you.
12 Give me back the joy I had;
keep my willing spirit glad.

13 Then I’ll teach your ways to sinners;
rebels will turn back to you.
14 Free me from blood-guilt, my Saviour,
God most merciful and true.
Then I’ll praise your righteousness;
15 teach my lips your name to bless.

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