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Ps 144 v 9-15 West Burn

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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)

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

1 O LORD, give ear to what I say;
think on me as I sigh,
2 And listen, O my King and God,
As I plead earnestly for help,
because to you I cry.

3 At dawning of the day, O LORD,
you listen to my plea;
As morning light returns again,
I lay before you my requests
and wait expectantly.

4 For you are not a God who will
in evil take delight;
With you the wicked cannot dwell,
5 Nor can the proud and boastful stay
one moment in your sight.

You hate all those who practise wrong,
6 and liars you destroy.
These are the ones the LORD abhors—
All who go thirsting after blood
and who deceit employ.

7 But by your mercy and your grace
to your house I’ll draw near;
I will bow down in reverence
Towards your holy temple, LORD,
and worship you in fear.

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Psalm 5 (Tune: Binney)

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(reproduced with permission) Copyright: Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland). Recorded at a Free Church Psalmody Recital.
(Meter:  L.M. )

1 My soul finds rest in God alone;
From him comes my salvation sure.
2 My safety, fortress, sheltering rock—
In him alone I am secure.

3 How long will you assault a man?
Do you all seek to lay him low—
This leaning wall, this tottering fence—
And bring about his overthrow?

4 They plan his fall from his high place;
They take delight in spreading lies.
With false and flattering mouths they bless,
But in their hearts curse and despise.

5 Find rest, my soul, in God alone;
In him my hope is ever sure.
6 My safety, fortress, sheltering rock—
In him alone I am secure

Psalm 62 v1-6 (Tune: Fossebridge)

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Recorded at 29rd Glasgow Psalmody Recital 1998(reproduced with permission) Copyright:  PSALM 119 Part 22, Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland)
Meter: (99.99 anapaestic)

169 Let my cry come before you, O LORD;
Give me insight as pledged in your word.
170 May my pleading gain access to you;
Save my life, as you promised to do.

171 May my lips overflow with your praise,
For you teach me your statutes always.
172 May my tongue sing aloud of your word;
Your commandments are righteous, O LORD.

173 May your hand be stretched out for my aid,
Since by choice your commands I’ve obeyed.
174 I desire your salvation to see,
And your law is delightful to me.

175 Let me live and I’ll praise you in song;
May your laws give me help to go on.
176 Seek your servant who strayed like a sheep,
For your precepts I steadfastly keep.

Psalm 119 Part 22 (Tune: Mulchaich)

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Recorded @ Singing the Reformation 2016
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Text: William Kethe, Scottish Psalter (Charteris 1596; Smyth 1599)
Scots performing edition: Jamie Reid Baxter
Melody: Scottish Psalter, 1564, ed. Mick Swithinbank
Original source: Cinquante Pseaulmes, 1547

Psalm 107 - Scottish Psalter of 1564

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Sung acapella from: Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland). ) Meter: 87.87.77

1 How delightful are your dwellings,
O Almighty LORD, to me!
2 For your courts my soul is yearning;
in your house I long to be.
Heart and flesh cry out aloud
for the true and living God.

3 Even sparrows find their dwelling,
and the swallow builds a nest
Near your altar, LORD Almighty,
where her offspring may have rest.
4 Blessed whose home is your abode,
they are ever praising God.

5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
those who have a pilgrim’s mind.
6 Pools from autumn rains refresh them;
springs in Baca’s vale they find.
7 Strength increasing, Zionward
they go on their way to God.

Psalm 84 v1-7 (Tune: St Leonard [Bach])

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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 133 from Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland) Meter: CM

1 How excellent a thing it is,
how pleasant and how good,
When brothers dwell in unity
and live as brothers should!

2 For it is like the precious oil,
poured out on Aaron’s head,
That, running over, down his beard,
upon his collar spread.

3 Like Hermon’s dew, upon the hill
of Zion it descends.
The LORD bestows his blessing there—
the life that never ends.

Psalm 133 (Tune: Prince Edward Island)

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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)

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Thou art before me, Lord, thou art behind: 
and though above me hath spread out thine and. 
Such knowledge is too wonderful, 
too high to grasp, too great to understand. 

Then whither from thy Spirit shall I hide? 
And whither from thy Presence shall I fly?
If I ascend to Heav'n, lo, thou art there,
 and in the lowest depths I meet with Thee. 

If I should take my flight into the dawn, 
if I should dwell on oceans' farthest shore, 
Thy mighty hand would rest upon me still, 
and Thy right hand would guard me evermore. 

If I should say the darkness will cover me, 
and I shall hide within the veil of night - 
surely the darkness will not cover me, 
the night as day, the darkness light.

Psalm 139 (Tune: Highland Cathedral | Acapella)

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