Psalms

Psalms 1650

A selection of Psalms from the Scottish Psalter.

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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.

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

Psalm 9 v10-11 (Tune: Glasgow)

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Psalm 115 sung a capella from Sing Psalm (2003)(Produced by the Free Church of Scotland). Meter: (CM) Recorded at the wedding of David Murray and Margaret Stewart in Glasgow RPCS on the 1st of August 2013. 

12 The LORD remembers Israel
and he will bless us all—
The house of Aaron and all those
13 who fear him, great and small.

14 May God the LORD make you increase—
both you and all your line.
15 May you be blessed by God, who makes
all things by his design.

Psalm 115 (Tune: Land of Rest)

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Recorded at the opening of the SRPTS seminary
Text from: Psalms for Singing – A 21st Century Edition (2004)

Psalm 67 A (Tune: Franconia)

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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Text: Psalm 8 from 'Psalms for Singing – A 21st Century Edition (2004)'
Produced by the Reformed Presbyterian church of Ireland.

3	When I look up unto the heav’ns,
		which your own fingers made,
		unto the moon and to the stars,
		which you in order laid,

	4	O, what is man, that you should him
		in kind remembrance bear?
		Or what the son of man, indeed,
		that you for him should care?

	5	For you a little lower than
		the angels have him made,
		a crown of glory and renown
		have placed upon his head.

	6	You made him lord of your hands’ works,
		put all beneath his feet:
		the animals within the field,
		the cattle and the sheep,

	7	Birds of the air, fish of the sea,
		all through the seas that swim.
		How excellent in all the earth,
		LORD, our Lord, is your name.

Psalm 8 (Tune: Perfect Way)

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Psalm 11 (Tune: Rest)

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2  Me cleanse from sin, and thoroughly wash
         from mine iniquity:
   3  For my transgressions I confess;
         my sin I ever see.
  
   7  Do thou with hyssop sprinkle me,
         I shall be cleansed so;
      Yea, wash thou me, and then I shall
         be whiter than the snow.

   8  Of gladness and of joyfulness
         make me to hear the voice;
      That so these very bones which thou
         hast broken may rejoice.

   9  All mine iniquities blot out,
         thy face hide from my sin.
  10  Create a clean heart, Lord, renew
         a right sp'rit me within.


Recorded at RP Young Adults Weekend 2015. 
Text: Scottish Psalter (1650) / The Psalms For Singing - A 21st Century Edition

Psalm 51 B v2-3,7-10 (Tune: St Kilda)

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Psalm 43 sung a capella by a free church choir from the scottish psalter of 1650. 

1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause
against th’ ungodly nation;
From the unjust and crafty man,
O be thou my salvation.

2 For thou the God art of my strength;
why thrusts thou me thee fro’?
For th’ enemy’s oppression
why do I mourning go?

3 O send thy light forth and thy truth;
let them be guides to me,
And bring me to thine holy hill,
ev’n where thy dwellings be.

4 Then will I to God’s altar go,
to God my chiefest joy:
Yea, God, my God, thy name to praise
my harp I will employ.

5 Why art thou then cast down, my soul?
what should discourage thee?
And why with vexing thoughts art thou
disquieted in me?

Still trust in God; for him to praise
good cause I yet shall have:
He of my count’nance is the health,
my God that doth me save.

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Psalm 43  (Tune: Martyrs)

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Psalm 23 sung acapella from The Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650. (Meter: CM)

 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: Bays of Harris)

Psalm 45 sung acapella from The Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650. (Meter: CM)
1     My heart inditing is
         good matter in a song:
      I speak the things that I have made,
         which to the King belong:
        
   2     Thou'rt fairest of all men;
         grace in thy lips doth flow:
      And therefore blessings evermore
         on thee doth God bestow.

   3     Thy sword gird on thy thigh,
         thou that art most of might:
      Appear in dreadful majesty,
         and in thy glory bright.

   4     For meekness, truth, and right,
         ride prosp'rously in state;
      And thy right hand shall teach to thee
         things terrible and great.

   5     Thy shafts shall pierce their hearts
         that foes are to the King;
      Whereby into subjection
         the people thou shalt bring.

Psalm 45 (Tune: Golden Hill)

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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)

Text: Scottish Psalter (1650)  Recorded at 25rd Glasgow Recital 1996 (Meter: CM)

12  But like the palm-tree flourishing
         shall be the righteous one;
      He shall like to the cedar grow
         that is in Lebanon.

  13  Those that within the house of God
         are planted by his grace,
      They shall grow up, and flourish all
         in our God's holy place.

  14  And in old age, when others fade,
         they fruit still forth shall bring;
      They shall be fat, and full of sap,
         and aye be flourishing;

  15  To show that upright is the Lord:
         he is a rock to me;
      And he from all unrighteousness
         is altogether free.

Psalm 92 v12-15 (Tune: Orlington)

Used with permission of the Northern Presbytery Choir.

1  The Lord of heav'n confess,
     On high his glory raise.
  2  Him let all angels bless,
     Him all his armies praise.
  3       Him glorify
          Sun, moon, and stars;
  4       Ye higher spheres,
          And cloudy sky.


  5  From God your beings are,
     Him therefore famous make;
     You all created were,
     When he the word but spake.
  6       And from that place,
          Where fixed you be
          By his decree,
          You cannot pass.


  7  Praise God from earth below,
     Ye dragons, and ye deeps:
  8  Fire, hail, clouds, wind, and snow.
     Whom in command he keeps.
  9       Praise ye his name,
          Hills great and small,
          Trees low and tall;
 10       Beasts wild and tame;


     All things that creep or fly.
 11  Ye kings, ye vulgar throng,
     All princes mean or high;
 12  Both men and virgins young,
          Ev'n young and old,
 13       Exalt his name;
          For much his fame
          Should be extolled.


     O let God's name be praised
     Above both earth and sky;
 14  For he his saints hath raised,
     And set their horn on high;
          Ev'n those that be
          Of Isr'el's race,
          Near to his grace.
          The Lord praise ye.

Psalm 148 (Tune: Lennox)

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Tune: Woodworth - William B. Bradbury, (1849)
Psalm 91B From The Book of Psalms for Singing are used by permission of Crown & Covenant Publications.

Psalm 91 B  (Tune: Woodworth)

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PSALM 13 sung a capella from the Scottish Psalter of 1650. Meter: CM

1  How long wilt thou forget me, Lord?
       shall it for ever be?
    O how long shall it be that thou
       wilt hide thy face from me?

 2  How long take counsel in my soul,
       still sad in heart, shall I?
    How long exalted over me
       shall be mine enemy?

 3  O Lord my God, consider well,
       and answer to me make:
    Mine eyes enlighten, lest the sleep
       of death me overtake:

 4  Lest that mine enemy should say,
       Against him I prevailed;
    And those that trouble me rejoice,
       when I am moved and failed.

 5  But I have all my confidence
       thy mercy set upon;
    My heart within me shall rejoice
       in thy salvation.

 6  I will unto the Lord my God
       sing praises cheerfully,
    Because he hath his bounty shown
       to me abundantly.

Psalm 13 (Tune: Stornoway)

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TO you I lift my soul;
		you, LORD, my trust will be.
		My God, let me not be ashamed,
		nor foes gain victory.

	2	Yes, none who waits on you
		will be ashamed at all,
		but those who sin without a cause,
		let shame upon them fall.

m	3	Show me your ways, O LORD;
		your paths O teach to me,
		and lead me also in your truth;
		let it my teacher be;

	4	For you are God who sends
		salvation unto me,
		and all day long on you I wait,
		with great expectancy.

	5	Your tender mercies, LORD,
		remembered let them be,
		and loving-kindnesses, for they
		are from eternity.

mp	6	My sins and faults of youth,
		O LORD, will you forget?
		With tender mercy think of me,
		and for your goodness great.

m	7	The LORD is good and just;
		the way he’ll sinners show.
		In justice, he the meek will guide;
		his path he’ll make them know.

	8	All pathways of the LORD
		are truth and mercy sure,
		to those who keep his covenant
		and testimonies pure.

Psalm 25 v1-8 (Tune: Leominster)

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Text: Scottish Psalter (1650)  Recorded at a Free Church of Scotland Psalmody Recital(Meter: CM)

1  Wherefore is it that thou, O Lord,
         dost stand from us afar?
      And wherefore hidest thou thyself,
         when times so troublous are?

   2  The wicked in his loftiness
         doth persecute the poor:
      In these devices they have framed
         let them be taken sure.

17  O Lord, of those that humble are
         thou the desire didst hear;
      Thou wilt prepare their heart, and thou
         to hear wilt bend thine ear;

  18  To judge the fatherless, and those
         that are oppressed sore;
      That man, that is but sprung of earth,
         may them oppress no more.

Psalm 10 (Tune: Glenluce)

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(Used with permission) Bon Accord singing group from Trinity RP Church.

Text: 'Psalms for Singing – A 21st Century Edition (2004)'
© The Reformed Presbyterian church of Ireland.

Psalm 71 v1-5 (Tune: Contemplation)

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Psalm 139 (Tune: Highland Cathedral | Acapella)

Psalm 143 sung Acapella from the Scottish Psalter of 1650. Recorded Dowanvale Free Church, used with permission. (Meter: 66.66D)

7  Lord, let my pray'r prevail,
       To answer it make speed;
    For, lo, my sp'rit doth fail:
       Hide not thy face in need;
    Lest I be like to those
       That do in darkness sit,
    Or him that downward goes
       Into the dreadful pit.

 8  Because I trust in thee,
       O Lord, cause me to hear
    Thy loving-kindness free,
       When morning doth appear:
    Cause me to know the way
       Wherein my path should be;
    For why, my soul on high
       I do lift up to thee.

Psalm 143 (Tune: Heber)

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