Name: John Rutter: Psalm 150 by Oxford Academic (OUP) in Psalms of David
Duration: 5 min 40 s
Description: An exuberant festival psalm setting, commissioned for the Golden Jubilee service in June 2002 and first performed in St Paul's Cathedral. The sense of celebration and dancing rhythms of the main choir contrast with the reflective, ethereal sections for the three solo sopranos, positioned in the dome at the first performance, to create a work of great effect and power.

Psalms of David

Psalm 130sung acapella in Abayudaya congregation 

The Abayudaya (Abayudaya is Luganda for "People of Judah")[3][4] are a Jewish community in eastern Uganda, near the town of Mbale. They are devout in their practice, keeping kashrut and observing Shabbat.

Psalm 130 (Sung in Luganda | Acapella)

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	1		O praise, O praise the LORD!
			Praise him from heavens’ height!
	2		All angels, give him praise;
			Praise him, you hosts of light.
	3	Praise him, sun, moon and stars on high,
	4	You highest heavens and cloudy sky.

	5		O let them praise his name,
			The name of God the LORD,
			For he created them
			By his almighty word.
	6	He set their place eternally;
		For ever fixed is his decree.

	7		The LORD praise from the earth,
			You creatures of the deep,
	8		Fire, hail, snow, clouds and winds,
			Which his commandments keep.
	9	You hills and trees, beasts wild and tame,
	10	Small creatures, birds, exalt his name.

	11		All nations and earth’s kings,
			Princes and all who reign;
	12		Young men and maidens too,
			Both children and old men:
	13	The LORD’s great name by them be praised;
		His name alone on high is raised.

			His glory shines abroad
			Above the earth and heaven;
	14		And he to his own folk
			A mighty king has given.
		Let Israèl give praise to God;
		They are his people.  Praise the LORD!

PSALM 148 from Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland) Meter: 66.66.88

Psalm 148 (Tune: Little Cornard)

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Psalm 23 sung acapella from the Scottish Psalter of 1650.  

1. The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want;
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green; He leadeth me
The quiet waters by.

 2. My soul He doth restore again,
And me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
E'en for His own Name's sake.
 
3. Yea, though I walk through death's dark vale,
Yet will I fear no ill,
For Thou art with me, and Thy rod
And staff me comfort still.

 4. A table Thou hast furnished me
In presence of my foes;
My head Thou dost with oil anoint,
And my cup overflows.

 5. Goodness and mercy all my life
Shall surely follow me,
And in God's house forevermore
My dwelling place shall be.

Psalm 23 (Tune: Crimond)

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Sung acapella 

1 O hear my cry, my righteous God.
Relieve me; I’m distressed.
Display your mercy to me now,
and answer my request.

6 “O who can show us any good?”
I hear so many say.
O LORD, shine on us with your light;
show us your face, I pray.

7 You filled my heart with greater joy
than others may have found
As they rejoiced at harvest time,
when grain and wine abound.

8 I will lie down and sleep in peace;
my heart will rest secure,
For you alone, O gracious LORD,
will keep me safe and sure.

Psalm 4 (Tune: Metzler)

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Season 5 Episode 2 transcript: MS Word / PDF

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