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The Book of Psalms - a capella Psalm Singing MASTER LIST

Sing Psalms (2003) Free Church of Scotland Psalm Book

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Copyright: Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland). 1998 Glasgow Psalm Singing Recital. Meter: 86.886

1 Blessed is the one who turns away
from where the wicked walk,
Who does not stand in sinners’ paths
or sit with those who mock.

2 Instead he finds God’s holy law
his joy and great delight;
He makes the precepts of the LORD
his study day and night.

3 He prospers ever like a tree
that’s planted by a stream,
And in due season yields its fruit;
its leaves are always green.

4 Not so the wicked! They are like
the chaff that’s blown away.
5 They will not stand when judgment comes
or with the righteous stay.

6 It is the LORD who sees and knows
the way the righteous go,
But those who live an evil life
the LORD will overthrow.

Psalm 1 a (Tune: Creator)

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	1	If God the LORD had not been on our side—
	2	Let Isr’el say—had not the LORD been near
	3	When foes attacked us, filling us with fear,
		And when their wrath against us reached its height,
		Alive we had been swallowed in their spite.

	4	We would have been enveloped by the flood;
		Over our heads the torrent would have gone;
	5	The waters would have carried us along.
	6	But praise the LORD, for he has set us free
		And has not left us to their cruelty.

	7	We have escaped—just as a captured bird 
		Out of the fowler’s net has been set free;
		The snare is cut, we are at liberty.
	8	Our help is in the name of God the LORD
		Who made the earth and heavens by his word.

Sung acapella from: Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland). 	PSALM 124		10 10 10 10 10

Psalm 124 (Tune: Old 124th)

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1 Why do the heathen nations rage?
Why do the peoples plot in vain?
2 Earth’s kings combine in enmity;
Her rulers join against God’s reign.

They take their stand against the LORD
And challenge his anointed one:
3 “Let us break off their chains from us;
With their restraints let us be done.”

4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
The Lord on high derides them all.
5 Then he rebukes them in his wrath;
His rage and terror on them fall.

6 The LORD has made it known to them:
“My chosen king I have installed
On Zion, my own holy hill.
He is the one whom I have called.”

Psalm 2 v1-6 (Tune: Rimington)

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Psalm 1b sung a capella from Sing Psalm (2003)(Produced by the Free Church of Scotland). Meter: 88.88.88

1 How blessed the one who does not walk
Where wicked men would guide his feet,
Who does not stand in sinners’ paths
Or sit upon the scorners’ seat.
2 The law of God is his delight,
His meditation day and night.

3 He prospers like a tree, which has
Been planted by a flowing stream,
And in its season yields its fruit;
Its leaves are always fresh and green.
In every act and every word
He knows the blessing of the LORD.

4 Not so the wicked: they are like
The chaff the wind will blow away.
5 They will not in the judgment stand,
Nor sinners with the righteous stay.
6 God knows the way the righteous go;
The wicked’s way he’ll overthrow.

Psalm 1b (Tune: St Petersburg)

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Psalm 4 sung acapella from The Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650. (Meter: CM) 

1  Give ear unto me when I call,
         God of my righteousness:
      Have mercy, hear my pray'r; thou hast
         enlarged me in distress.
     
6  O who will show us any good?
         is that which many say:
      But of thy countenance the light,
         Lord, lift on us alway.
   
7  Upon my heart, bestowed by thee,
         more gladness I have found
      Than they, ev'n then, when corn and wine
         did most with them abound.
   
8  I will both lay me down in peace,
         and quiet sleep will take;
      Because thou only me to dwell
         in safety, Lord, dost make.

Psalm 4 (Tune: Crimond)

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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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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
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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)

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Text from the Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650

   3  My soul is also vexed sore;
      But, Lord, how long stay wilt thou make
   4  Return, O Lord, my soul set free;
      O save me, for thy mercies' sake.

   5  Because those that deceased are
      Of thee shall no remembrance have;
      And who is he that will to thee
      Give praises lying in the grave?

   6  I with my groaning weary am,
      I also all the night my bed
      Have caused for to swim; and I
      With tears my couch have watered.

Psalm 6 (Tune: Finnart)

2	Salvation, which is from the LORD,
		he has caused to be known.
		His righteousness has been revealed,
		to nations has been shown.

	3	He mindful of his grace and truth
		to Isr’el’s house has been,
		and the salvation of our God
		all ends of earth have seen.

	4	Let all the earth unto the LORD
		now make a joyful noise.
		Lift up your voice aloud to him;
		sing praises and rejoice.

	5	With harp, with harp and voice of praise
		unto the LORD now sing.
		With horn and trumpets gladly shout
		before the LORD, the king.

	6	Let sea and all that fills it roar,
		the world and dwellers there.
		Let rivers clap their hands; as one
		let mountains joy declare

	7	Before the LORD, because he comes
		judge of the earth to be.
		He’ll judge the world and peoples all
		with righteous equity.

Recordings from 'Psalms for Singing – A 21st Century Edition (2004)'
Produced by the Reformed Presbterian church of Ireland. Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms. Recorded @ Airdrie Reformed Presbyterian Church

Psalm 98 B (Tune: Desert / Lyngham)

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(Words from The Psalms for Singing - A 21st Century Edition)

	3	Their soul within them fainted when	they hungered and did thirst.
		In trouble to the LORD they cried;	he saved them when distressed.

	4	Them also in a way to walk,	that straight is, he did guide,
		that they might to a city go,	in which they could reside.

	Let them give thanks now to the Lord	for love that never ends,
		and for his works of wonder done	unto the sons of men;

	6	For he the soul that thirsty is	does fully satisfy.
		With what is good, the hungry soul	he fills abundantly.

Psalm 107 v3-9 (Tune: Fountain)

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Recorded at the wedding of William Johnston and Megan McAleese on the 1st June 2012 @ Airdrie RP Church

Text from: Psalms for Singing – A 21st Century Edition (2004)

1  SHOUT to God with joy all nations.
2  Sing the splendour of his name;
    make his praise resound with glory.
3 `Awesome are your works', proclaim.
 
   There in him let us be joyful;
7 he rules ever by his might,
   over all the nations watching;
   let not rebels rise to fight.
 
8 Bless our God, O all you peoples;
   let his praises loudly sound.
9 He has kept our souls still living,
   placed our feet on solid ground;
 
16  Come and listen, all God-fearers;
      I'll tell what he did for me.
17  With my mouth to him I cried, and
      with my tongue extolled was he.
 
18  Had I in my heart regarded
      sin, the Lord would not me hear;
19  God most certainly has heard me,
      and has listened to my prayer.
 
20 Blessed be God because he has not
     turned away from him my plea,
     and his cov'nant loving-kindness
     he has not withheld from me.

Psalm 66 (Tune: Ode to Joy)

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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)

13	Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and your dominion lasts from age to age.
14	The LORD sustains all those who fall; the bowed down
he raises up. 15All fix on you their gaze,
and you them feed. 16You open wide your hand;
so all that lives you satisfy.
m     		17	The LORD is righteous, pure in all his ways,
and all his deeds are truly kind.
 
18	The LORD is near to all who call upon him,
to all those who in truth call on his name.
19	He will fulfil the wants of those who fear him;
and he will hear their cry and will them save.
20	The LORD keeps all who show their love to him;
d     			the wicked, though, he will destroy.
f     		21	My mouth will praise the LORD, and all will bless
his holy name forevermore.

Psalm 145 B  v13-21 (Tune: O Store Gud / How Great Thou Art)

THE earth and the riches with which it is stored,
the world and its dwellers belong to the LORD,
for he on the seas its foundations has laid,
and firm on the waters its pillars has made.
 
	O who will the hill of the LORD now ascend,
or who in the place of his holiness stand?
	The man of pure heart and of hands without stain,
who has not sworn falsely or loved what is vain.
 
	He will from the LORD then a blessing receive;
the God of salvation will righteousness give.
	Thus looking to him is this whole present race,
all those who, like Jacob, are seeking your face.

Recordings from 'Psalms for Singing – A 21st Century Edition (2004)'
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Psalm 24 v1-6 (Tune: To God Be The Glory)

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“All peoples, bowing down before Thee,
Sing praises to Thy glorious Name;
To Thee, O God, they all pay homage,
With hymns of joy declare Thy fame.”
O come and see with reverent wonder
The awesome deeds which God has done,
His mighty works among the nations,
The victories His hand has won.
His strength to Israel revealing,
He turned the sea to arid land,
And they on foot passed through the river;
The waters heeded His command.
We sang His praise, in Him rejoicing
Who by His might rules without end;
His eyes keep watch on every nation.
Let rebels not His power withstand.

Sung by Michael Owens - For many years he has been pursuing various methods of singing the Psalms, including the through-composed Psalm 119 and Canticles Divine series with Frederick Steinruck. His first passions have always been God and family, with music and pianos a distant second. His work on the Genevan Psalter began in 2003, when a friend gave him a copy of the Cantus Christi.

Music: Genevan Psalter, 1543; harm. Claude Goudimel, 1564

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Psalm 66 (Genevan Psalter | Acapella)

Recorded by Connor Quigley
Tune: Lobe Den Herren - Stralsund Gesangbuch	(1665)

Psalm 100 (Tune: Lobe Den Herren)

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Psalm 2 sung acapella from The Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650. (Meter: CM) From the Scottish Psalter of 1650

1  Why rage the heathen? and vain things
         why do the people mind?
   2  Kings of the earth do set themselves,
         and princes are combined,

      To plot against the Lord, and his
         Anointed, saying thus,
   3  Let us asunder break their bands,
         and cast their cords from us.

   4  He that in heaven sits shall laugh;
         the Lord shall scorn them all.
   5  Then shall he speak to them in wrath,
         in rage he vex them shall.

   6  Yet, notwithstanding, I have him
         to be my King appointed;
      And over Zion, my holy hill,
         I have him King anointed.

   7  The sure decree I will declare:
         The Lord hath said to me,
      Thou art mine only Son; this day
         I have begotten thee.

   8  Ask of me, and for heritage
         the heathen I'll make thine;
      And, for possession, I to thee
         will give earth's utmost line.

Psalm 2 (Tune: York)

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Text: Scottish Psalter (1650) 

7  God shall endure for aye; he doth
         for judgment set his throne;
   8  In righteousness to judge the world,
         justice to give each one.

   9  God also will a refuge be
         for those that are oppressed;
      A refuge will he be in times
         of trouble to distressed.

  10  And they that know thy name, in thee
         their confidence will place:
      For thou hast not forsaken them
         that truly seek thy face.

  11  O sing ye praises to the Lord,
         that dwells in Zion hill;
      And all the nations among
         his deeds record ye still.

Psalm 9 (Tune: Stroudwater)

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 1  That man hath perfect blessedness,
         who walketh not astray
      In counsel of ungodly men,
         nor stands in sinners' way,

   2  Nor sitteth in the scorner's chair:
         But placeth his delight
      Upon God's law, and meditates
         on his law day and night.

   3  He shall be like a tree that grows
         near planted by a river,
      Which in his season yields his fruit,
         and his leaf fadeth never:

   4  And all he doth shall prosper well
         The wicked are not so;
      But like they are unto the chaff,
         which wind drives to and fro.

   5  In judgment therefore shall not stand
         such as ungodly are; 
      Nor in th' assembly of the just
         shall wicked men appear.

   6  For why? the way of godly men
         unto the Lord is known:
      Whereas the way of wicked men
         shall quite be overthrown.

Psalm 1 sung acapella from The Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650. (Meter: CM) Recorded at Dowanvale free church.

Psalm 1 (Tune: Azmon / Denfield)

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Text from the Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650.

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: Crimond)

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Text  from 'Archbishop Parker's Psalter'. 
Tune: '3rd Mode Melody'  by Thomas Tallis  [CM.D]

3. Let us they say: break down their ray,
of all their bonds and cords:
We will renounce: that they pronounce,
their loores as stately lordes.

4. But God of might: in heauen so bright,
Shall laugh them all to scorne:
The Lord on hie: shall them defie,
they shall be once forlorne.

9. With iron rod: as mighty God,
all rebels shalt thou bruse:
And breake them all: in pieces small,
as sherdes the potters vase.

10. Be wise therfore: ye kinges the more,
Receyue ye wisdomes lore:
Ye iudges strong: of right and wrong,
aduise you now before.

11. The Lorde in feare: your seruice beare,
with dread to him reioyce:
Let rages be: resist not ye,
him serue with ioyfull voyce.

12. The sonne kisse ye: lest wroth he be,
lose not the way of rest:
For when his ire: is set on fire,
who trust in hym be blest

Psalm 2 (Tune: Third Mode Melody)

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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.

Psalm 51 v10-15 (Tune: Ottawa) | Congregation Singing

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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)

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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