Performed in Heaven is a compact disc of metrical psalms recorded at the Psalmody Recitals, held each winter since 1971 (except 1977) at St Vincent Street Free Church in Glasgow, where sizeable congregations gathered from a variety of churches and denominations. The psalms on the compact disc are all sung by the entire congregation and, as such, reflect the unaffectedness of congregational praise. The recordings are an authentic reflection of the type of singing that has been heard in the Reformed churches of Scotland since the Reformation. In order to produce this unique compilation of congregational psalm-singing, it was necessary to re-master recordings made with the technology of an earlier era. Thus, the recordings themselves span a period of twenty-five years, with the majority being from the seventies or eighties.

Performed in Heaven: Congregational Psalm Singing from Scotland

Psalm 146:1-6 Hamilton

Psalm 45 v 13-17 - Gairloch

Psalm 116 v 13-19 (Artaxerxes)

Psalm 30 v 1-5 (Tune: Wetherby)

تلاوة رائعة لسورة القيامة - الشيخ أحمد سعيد مسجد الخلفاء الراشدين

Psalm 51 - St Kilda

Psalm 60 (CM) from the Scottish Psalter of 1650.

 1  O Lord, thou hast rejected us,
         and scattered us abroad;
      Thou justly hast displeasèd been;
         return to us, O God.

   2  The earth to tremble thou hast made;
         therein didst breaches make:
      Do thou thereof the breaches heal,
         because the land doth shake.

   3  Unto thy people thou hard things
         hast showed, and on them sent;
      And thou hast caused us to drink
         wine of astonishment.

   4  And yet a banner thou hast giv'n
         to them who thee do fear;
      That it by them, because of truth,
         displayèd may appear.

ThePsalmsSung.org

Psalm 60 (Tune: Culross)

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

Ps 36 v 5-11 - Land Of Rest

Used with permission of the Northern Presbytery Choir of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland.

 1  How lovely is thy dwelling-place,
         O Lord of hosts, to me!
      The tabernacles of thy grace
         how pleasant, Lord, they be!

   2  My thirsty soul longs veh'mently,
         yea faints, thy courts to see:
      My very heart and flesh cry out,
         O living God, for thee.

     10  For in thy courts one day excels
         a thousand; rather in
      My God's house will I keep a door,
         than dwell in tents of sin.

  11  For God the Lord's a sun and shield:
         he'll grace and glory give;
      And will withhold no good from them
         that uprightly do live.

  12  O thou that art the Lord of hosts,
         that man is truly blest,
      Who by assured confidence
         on thee alone doth rest.

Psalm 84 v1,2,10-12 (Tune: Harington)

Immanuels Land

Psalm 121 sung Acapella from the Scottish Psalter of 1650. Recorded at Free Church Festival of Psalms in 2000. (Meter: CM) Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms

1  I to the hills will lift mine eyes,
       from whence doth come mine aid.
 2  My safety cometh from the Lord,
       who heav'n and earth hath made.

 3  Thy foot he'll not let slide, nor will
       he slumber that thee keeps.
 4  Behold, he that keeps Israel,
       he slumbers not, nor sleeps.

 5  The Lord thee keeps, the Lord thy shade
       on thy right hand doth stay:
 6  The moon by night thee shall not smite,
       nor yet the sun by day.

 7  The Lord shall keep thy soul; he shall
       preserve thee from all ill.
 8  Henceforth thy going out and in
       God keep for ever will.

Psalm 30 v 1-5 (Tune: Wetherby)

Isaac Peters