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Psalm 78 v 1-6 - Covenanters

Psalm 40 v15-17 (Denfield)

Psalm 51 v 8-15 - Notting Hill

Psalm 89 v 5-10 - Effingham

From the Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650
Tune: Stedfast - Lori McCracken	(2000)

6  My God, my soul's cast down in me;
         thee therefore mind I will
      From Jordan's land, the Hermonites,
         and ev'n from Mizar hill.

   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?

  10  'Tis as a sword within my bones,
         when my foes me upbraid;
      Ev'n when by them, Where is thy God?
         'tis daily to me said.
 
 11  O why art thou cast down, my soul?
         why, thus with grief oppresed,
      Art thou disquieted in me?
         in God still hope and rest:

Psalm 42 v6-11 (Tune: Steadfast)

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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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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BLESSED are all who fear the LORD, and who are walking in his ways.
You will eat of your hands’ labour; well and happy be your days!
2 Like a vine with fruit abounding, in your house your wife is found,
and like olive plants, your children, gathering your table round.

3 See, the man who fears the LORD, he will indeed like this be blessed.
May the LORD from out of Zion cause you to be truly blessed!
4 May you see Jerus’lem prosper all your days till life will cease!
May you see your children’s children! On all Israel be peace!

Recordings from 'Psalms for Singing – A 21st Century Edition (2004)'
Produced by the Reformed Presbterian church of Ireland

Psalm 128 (Tune: Hyfrydol)

Fraught with error, but a worthwhile endeavour.


Ps 113 St. Columba (Erin)

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Text from the Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650. Recorded during a wedding at St Jude's Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland (Glasgow). circa 2011

   7  I bless the Lord, because he doth
         by counsel me conduct;
      And in the seasons of the night
         my reins do me instruct.

 8  Before me still the Lord I set:
         since it is so that he
      Doth ever stand at my right hand,
         I shall not movèd be.

   9  Because of this my heart is glad,
         and joy shall be expressed
      Ev'n by my glory; and my flesh
         in confidence shall rest.

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Psalm 16 (Tune: Moravia) @ St Jude's Free Presbyterian Wedding

Psalm 42 - Marrel

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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)

Text: Scottish Psalter (1650) Recorded at Arbroath FCC Youth Conference (Meter: CM)

1  I joyed when to the house of God,
       Go up, they said to me.
 2  Jerusalem, within thy gates
       our feet shall standing be.

 3  Jerus'lem, as a city, is
       compactly built together:
 4  Unto that place the tribes go up,
       the tribes of God go thither:

    To Isr'el's testimony, there
       to God's name thanks to pay.
 5  For thrones of judgment, ev'n the thrones
       of David's house, there stay.

 6  Pray that Jerusalem may have
       peace and felicity:
    Let them that love thee and thy peace
       have still prosperity.

 7  Therefore I wish that peace may still
       within thy walls remain,
    And ever may thy palaces
       prosperity retain.

 8  Now, for my friends' and brethren's sakes,
       Peace be in thee, I'll say.
 9  And for the house of God our Lord,
       I'll seek thy good alway.

Psalm 122 (Tune: St Andrew)

A selection of various Exclusive Psalmody recordings.

CD Scottish Psalter

Psalm 42 - Light Hill

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1 God will I bless all times; his praise my mouth shall still express.
2 My soul shall boast in God: the meek shall hear with joyfulness.

3 Extol the Lord with me, let us exalt his name together.
4 I sought the Lord, he heard, and did me from all fears deliver.

5 They looked to him, and lightened were: not shamed were their faces. 
6 This poor man cried, God heard, and saved him from all his distresses.

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.

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.

Sung acapella from an updated version of the Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650.

Psalm 34 (Tune: St Matthew [first half of tune only])

A selection of psalm recordings recorded at a Christian Youth Weekend.

Psalm 78 v 1-6 - Covenanters

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