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Jehova

The Psalms Sung - Volume 9

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Sung acapella from: Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland). PSALM 123 (Meter: 88.88.88)

1 To you, O LORD, I lift my eyes,
The God enthroned above the skies.
2 As servants watch their master’s hand
Or maids before their mistress stand,
So to the LORD our eyes we raise
Until his mercy he displays.

3 O LORD our God, your mercy show;
Take pity, LORD, on us below.
For scorn your people all have known;
4 Our foes’ contempt has made us groan.
The proud have covered us with shame;
With insolence they mock our name.

Psalm 123 (Tune: St Catherine)

Psalm 119 Part 10 (Tune: Resignation)

Psalm 105 sung Acapella from the Scottish Psalter of 1650. (Meter: CM)

 1  Give thanks to God, call on his name;
        to men his deeds make known.
  2  Sing ye to him, sing psalms; proclaim
        his wondrous works each one.

  3  See that ye in his holy name
        to glory do accord;
     And let the heart of ev'ry one
        rejoice that seeks the Lord.

  4  The Lord Almighty, and his strength,
        with steadfast hearts seek ye:
     His bless-ed and his gracious face
        seek ye continually.

  5  Think on the works that he hath done,
        which admiration breed;
     His wonders, and the judgments all
        which from his mouth proceed;

  6  O ye that are of Abr'ham's race,
        his servant well approv'n;
     And ye that Jacob's children are,
        whom he chose for his own.

  7  Because he, and he only, is
        the mighty Lord our God;
     And his most righteous judgments are
        in all the earth abroad.

Psalm 105 v1-7 (Tune: St Flavian)

 1  Give thanks to God, for good is he:
       for mercy hath he ever.
 2  Thanks to the God of gods give ye:
       for his grace faileth never.

 3  Thanks give the Lord of lords unto:
       for mercy hath he ever.
 4  Who only wonders great can do:
       for his grace faileth never.

 5  Who by his wisdom made heav'ns high:
       for mercy hath he ever.
 6  Who stretch'd the earth above the sea:
       for his grace faileth never.

 7  To him that made the great lights shine:
       for mercy hath he ever.
 8  The sun to rule till day decline:
       for his grace faileth never.

 9  The moon and stars to rule by night:
       for mercy hath he ever.
10  Who Egypt's first-born kill'd outright:
       for his grace faileth never.

11  And Isr'el brought from Egypt land:
       for mercy hath he ever.
12  With stretch'd-out arm, and with strong hand:
       for his grace faileth never.

Psalm 136 [1st version] v1-12(Tune: New 136th)

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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)

Psalm 34 sung a capella from the Scottish Psalter of 1650. Meter: CM

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

  12  What man is he that life desires,
         to see good would live long?
  13  Thy lips refrain from speaking guile,
         and from ill words thy tongue.

  14  Depart from ill, do good, seek peace,
         pursue it earnestly.
  15  God's eyes are on the just; his ears
         are open to their cry.

  16  The face of God is set against
         those that do wickedly,
      That he may quite out from the earth
         cut off their memory.

  17  The righteous cry unto the Lord,
         he unto them gives ear;
      And they out of their troubles all
         by him delivered are.

  18  The Lord is ever nigh to them
         that be of broken sp'rit;
      To them he safety doth afford
         that are in heart contrite.

Psalm 34 v11-18 (Tune: St Ethelreda)

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Psalm 34 sung acapella from The Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650. (Meter: CM)

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

  12  What man is he that life desires,
         to see good would live long?
  13  Thy lips refrain from speaking guile,
         and from ill words thy tongue.

  14  Depart from ill, do good, seek peace,
         pursue it earnestly.
  15  God's eyes are on the just; his ears
         are open to their cry.

  16  The face of God is set against
         those that do wickedly,
      That he may quite out from the earth
         cut off their memory.

  17  The righteous cry unto the Lord,
         he unto them gives ear;
      And they out of their troubles all
         by him delivered are.

  18  The Lord is ever nigh to them
         that be of broken sp'rit;
      To them he safety doth afford
         that are in heart contrite.

Psalm 34 v11-18 (Tune: St Matthew)

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O Church, Arise

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from Sing Psalms (2003) PSALM 95		(Meter: 11.11.11.11)

	1	O come, let us joyfully sing to the LORD;
		To the Rock of salvation let us raise our voice.
	2	Let us come before him expressing our thanks;
		Let us with loud singing praise him and rejoice.

	3	The LORD is the great God, King over all gods.
	4	The earth’s deepest places he holds in his hand;
		The heights of the mountains belong to the LORD.
	5	The oceans are his, and he formed the dry land.

	6	Come, let us bow humbly and worship the LORD;
		Let us kneel before him, our Maker, in prayer.
	7	For we are his people and he is our God;
		He shepherds and feeds us in his loving care.

		Today if you hear and attend to his voice,
	8	Don’t harden your hearts as you did on the way;
		In Meribah’s desert you quarrelled with me,
		You tested my patience at Massah that day.

Psalm 95 (Tune: Walther)

Psalm 124

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Sing Psalms (2003). Recorded at Dowanvale Free Church of Scotland.

(LM)
7 Then I declared, “LORD, I have come;
It’s written of me in the scroll.
8 I want to do your will, my God;
Your law is in my heart and soul.”

9 In the assembly when it met
Your justice I proclaimed abroad.
I did not seal my lips at all;
You know all this about me, LORD.

10 I did not hide within my heart
Your saving grace and righteousness;
In the assembly I proclaimed
Your steadfast love and faithfulness.

Psalm 40 (Tune: Wareham)

Here Is Love

Psalm 63, Bays Of Harris.MP3

Recorded at RP International Conference 2008
(Tune: Enter)  - Composed by Eleanor Hutcheson (1970)

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

Text from the KJV Bible:

1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
2 Serve the Lord with gladness:
come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the Lord he is God:
it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,
and into his courts with praise:
be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting;
and his truth endureth to all generations.

Psalm 100  [From the King James Bible]

Recorded at Fee Church Leadership Bootcamp in June 2015, Perthshire. Sung by young leaders who have heard the call and God-willing he will use for his own glory to revive this nation. 

I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say

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(reproduced with permission) Copyright: Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland). Recorded at Glasgow RPC

( 11. 11. 11.)
1 The LORD is my shepherd; no want shall I know.
2 He makes me lie down where the green pastures grow;
He leads me to rest where the calm waters flow.

3 My wandering steps he brings back to his way,
In straight paths of righteousness making me stay;
And this he has done his great name to display.

4 Though I walk in death’s valley, where darkness is near,
Because you are with me, no evil I’ll fear;
Your rod and your staff bring me comfort and cheer.

5 In the sight of my en’mies a table you spread.
The oil of rejoicing you pour on my head;
My cup overflows and I’m graciously fed.

6 So surely your covenant mercy and grace
Will follow me closely in all of my ways;
I will dwell in the house of the LORD all my days.

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Psalm 23 (Tune: Jehovah Tsidkenu)

Psalm 40 sung Acapella from the Scottish Psalter of 1650. Recorded at an Arbroath youth weekend. (Meter: CM) Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms

1  I waited for the Lord my God,
         and patiently did bear;
      At length to me he did incline
         my voice and cry to hear.

   2  He took me from a fearful pit,
         and from the miry clay,
      And on a rock he set my feet,
         establishing my way.

   3  He put a new song in my mouth,
         our God to magnify:
      Many shall see it, and shall fear,
         and on the Lord rely.

   4  O blessed is the man whose trust
         upon the Lord relies;
      Respecting not the proud, nor such
         as turn aside to lies.

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Psalm 40 (Tune: Ballerma)

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Psalm 63 sung acapella from The Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650. (Meter: CM)

1  Lord, thee my God, I'll early seek:
         my soul doth thirst for thee;
      My flesh longs in a dry parched land,
         wherein no waters be:

   2  That I thy power may behold,
         and brightness of thy face,
      As I have seen thee heretofore
         within thy holy place.

   3  Since better is thy love than life,
         my lips thee praise shall give.
   4  I in thy name will lift my hands,
         and bless thee while I live.

   5  Ev'n as with marrow and with fat
         my soul shall filled be;
      Then shall my mouth with joyful lips
         sing praises unto thee:

Psalm 63 (Tune: Salzburg)

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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)

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)

Recorded at RP International Conference 2012
Tune: Coronation - Oliver Holden	(1793)

From The Book of Psalms for Worship. Used by permission of Crown & Covenant Publications.

Psalm 96A (Tune: Coronation)

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

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May for the people hill and mountain
Bring forth the peace they seek,
And justice, gushing like a fountain,
Restore the faint and meek.
May he defend the poor and needy,
May he their children save,
And crush oppressors, proud and greedy,
Who for their downfall crave.

May he, the royal son, be reigning
With judgments true and sure,
To all Thy people right ordaining
And justice to Thy poor.

May he, so high above the nations,
Live while the sun endures,
He, who throughout all generations
Our joy and peace ensures;
And may he be like rain that drenches
The meadows parched and pale,
Like showers whose abundance quenches
The thirst of hill and vale.

Psalm 72 (Genevan Psalter | Acapella)

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Psalm 134 (Tune: Cwm Rhondda)

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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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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)

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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)

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