Psalms

Psalm 103 (Tune: The Homes of Donegal)

Mr John Murdo Martin and Rev Calum Iain MacLeod

Gaelic Psalm 23 - Our Wedding

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)

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Sung acapella from: the scottish psalter of 1650

All people that on earth do dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice.
Him serve with mirth; His praise forth tell: Come ye before Him and rejoice.

Know that the Lord is God indeed; Without our aid He did us make.
We are His folk; He doth us feed, and for His sheep He doth us take.

O enter then His gates with praise; Within His courts your thanks proclaim;
With grateful hearts your voices raise to bless and magnify His name.

Because the Lord our God is good, His mercy is forever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood and shall from age to age endure

Psalm 100 (Tune: Old 100th) (RPCNA Synod)

Psalm 96 (Polynesian Chant | Acapella)

Miz-mor, 
shiru ladonai shir chadash, ki nifla-ot asa, 

Hoshi-a lo y'mino uzro-a kodsho. 
Hodi-a Adonai y'shu-ato, l'einei hagoyim gila tzidkato. 
Zachar chasdo ve-emunato l'veit Yisra-eil,
ra-u cho--l­afsei aretz eit y'shu-at Eloheinu. 

Hari-u Ladonai kol--ha-aretz, Pitzchu v'ran'nu v'zameiru 

Zam'ru Ladonai b'chinor, b'chinor v'kol zimra. 

Bachatzotz'rot v'kol shofar hari-u lifnei hamelech Adonai 

Yiram hayam umlo-o, teiveil v'yosh'vei va.
N'harot yimcha-u­--chaf, yachad harim y'raneinu. 
Lifnei Adonai ki va lishpot ha-aretz 
yishpot teiveil b'tzedek, 
v'amim b'meisharim.

Mizmor Shiru L'Adonai Shir Chadash: Psalm 98 (Carlebach)

Who go to sea in ships, and in
great waters trading be,
Within the deep these men God's works
and his great wonders see.

For he commands, and forth in haste
the stormy tempest flies,
Which makes the sea with rolling waves
aloft to swell and rise.

They mount to heav'n, then to the depths
they do go down again;
Their soul doth faint and melt away
with trouble and with pain.

They reel and stagger like one drunk,
at their wit's end they be:
Then they to God in trouble cry,
who them from straits doth free.

The storm is changed into a calm
at his command and will;
So that the waves, which raged before,
now quiet are and still.

Then are they glad, because at rest
and quiet now they be:
So to the haven he them brings,
which they desired to see.

Psalm 107v23-30

Psalm 23 - Tarwathie

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Sung acapella from: Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland). Recorded @ Dowanvale Free Church. (Long meter)

You are my Saviour and my God;
All day I hope in you alone.
6 Remember, LORD, your love and grace
Which from past ages you have shown.

7 Do not recall my sins of youth
Or my rebellious, evil ways;
Remember me in your great love,
For you, O LORD, are good always.

8 Because the LORD is just and good,
He shows his paths to all who stray.
9 He guides the meek in what is right
And teaches them his holy way.

10 To those who keep his covenant laws
He shows his love consistently.
11 For your name’s sake, O LORD my God,
Forgive my great iniquity.

Psalm 25 v5-11 (Tune: Finnart)

This tune was introduced to us by Hazzan George Mordechai and adapted to Psalm 29, Mizmor l'David. It's an Iraqi tune for a shabbat table song, adapted by Davening Team David Frankel.

Havu la’adonai, benei elim, 
havu la’adonai kavod va’oz. 
Havu la’adonai kavod shemo, hishtachavu la’adonai be’hadrat kodesh. 
Kol adonai al hamayim, el ha’kavod hirim, adonai al mayim rabim. 
Kol adonai ba’koach, kol adonai be’hadar. 
Kol adonai shover arazim va’yeshaber adonai et-arzei ha’levanon. 
Va’yarkidem k’mo egel, levanon ve’sirion k’mo ven-re-emin. 
Kol adonai chotzev la’havot esh. 
Kol adonai yachil midbar, 
yachil adonai midbar kadesh 
Kol adonai yecholel ayalot. 
Va’yechesof yearot, u’veheikhalo kulo omer kavod. 
Adonai lamabul yashav, 
va’yeshev adonai melekh l’olam. 
Adonai oz le’amo yiten, adonai yevarekh et-amo va’shalom.

Mizmor L'David: Psalm 29- Iraqi inspired Yah Ribon tune

This is one track on a project Jenna and I hope to work on in the coming months.  We have recorded 4 or 5 tracks professionally and will record more later with an aim to potentially make a CD which could contain some of our own stuff.  Watch this space!

Salm 73v23-26 (w/Jenna Morrison for CD)

Recorded @ Singing the Reformation 2016
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Text: John Craig, Scottish Psalter (Charteris 1596; Smyth 1599)
Scots performing edition: Jamie Reid Baxter
Melody: Scottish Psalter, 1564, ed. 
Harmonisation: David Peebles, ed. Mick Swithinbank
Original source: Cinquante Pseaulmes, 1547 
Metre:	9898D

Psalm 118 - Scottish Psalter (1564)

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Recorded @ Singing the Reformation 2016
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Text: William Kethe, Scottish Psalter (Charteris 1596; Smyth 1599)
Scots performing edition: Jamie Reid Baxter
Setting in Reports: Scottish Psalter 1635, ed. Mick Swithinbank
Tune: German Psalter, 1526 via Calvin's Psalter, 1539 & Scottish Psalter, 1564 
Meter: LM Triple

1  Ye children which do serve the Lord,
      praise ye his Name with one accord;
         Yea, bless-ed be alway his Name,
      Who from the rising of the sun,
      Till it return where it begins,
         is to be praisèd with great fame.
      The Lord all people doth surmount
      as for his glory we may count,
         Above the heavens high to be.
      With God the Lord who can compare,
      Whose dwellings in the heavens are?
         of such great pow'r and force is he. 

   2  He doth abase himself we know,
      things to behold on earth below,
         And also in the heav'n above:
      The needy out of dust to draw,
      Also the poor which help none saw;
         his mercy only did him move:
      And so did set him up on high,
      with princes of great dignity,
         That rule his people with great fame.
      The barren he doth make to bear.
      And with great joy her fruit to rear;
         therefore praise ye his holy Name!


This represents a body of settings which are called Psalms in Reports. They frame the Kirk part in the context of a simple form of polyphonic writing which is designed to be used in conjunction with a skilled group of sang schule singers rendering the treble, alto and bass parts. They could stand as items only delivered by the sang schule as a type of anthem, or be sung with the congregation taking the kirk part. Although these settings are more elaborate than the basic settings in the Psalters, they retain the emphasis on clarity of word setting whilst adding another aesthetic dimension to Reformed worship. This arrangement of Psalm 113 is one of eight settings in reports found in the 1635 Psalter, edited by Edward Millar, master of music of the Scottish Chapel Royal. Although it is unattributed, the music has been identified as the work of Claude Goudimel and can be found in his Les 150 Psaumes, set to the text of Psalm 68 in the Huguenot Psalter.)

Psalm 113 - Scottish Psalter (1564)

75. As thirsts the hart for water brooks (Psalm 42)
From the blue 1959/1976 CRC Psalter Hymnal
Music : William B. Bradbury, 1816-1868

 2015 session of Grace Singing School in Charlotte, NC hosted by Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church.

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Psalm 42 (Tune: Baca)

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Recorded @ Singing the Reformation 2016
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Text: William Kethe, Scottish Psalter (Charteris 1596; Smyth 1599)
Scots performing edition: Jamie Reid Baxter
Melody: Scottish Psalter, 1564, ed. Mick Swithinbank
Original source: Cinquante Pseaulmes, 1547

Psalm 107 - Scottish Psalter of 1564

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A big thank you to Rev Calum I Macleod and Back Free Church for letting us share this track from the album 'Sounds from Loch a Tuath'. (Released December 2013) www.backfreechurch.co.uk/ 
PSALM 100 from Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland) Meter: SM

1 Shout to the LORD with joy,
all who to earth belong.
2 Adore the LORD with joyful hearts
and come to him in song.

3 Know that the LORD is God;
he made us as his own.
We are the sheep for whom he cares—
his people, his alone.

4 Enter his gates with praise,
his courts with thankfulness.
Your praises gladly sing to him;
his name for ever bless.

5 For God the LORD is good;
his love is ever sure.
His constant truth and faithfulness
through every age endure

Psalm 100 (Tune: Golden Hill)

Recorded at 7th May 2017 performance by the Psalm Choir. The members of the choir are from the Protestant Reformed Churches in America.  (More recordings of the Psalm Choir https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_8FFdKtq_Fzfjqnu6j9gnQ)

Psalm 28 text is from the 1912 Psalter by the United Presbyterian Church. Meter: SM

1 O Lord, to Thee I cry;
Thou art my rock and trust;
O be not silent, lest I die
And slumber in the dust.

2 O hear me when in prayer
thy favor I entreat;
Hear, while I lift imploring hands
Before Thy mercy-seat

3 O let me have no part
with those that hate the right;
For as their works, so their reward:
Jehovah will requite.

4 But blessed be the Lord
Who hearkens when I cry;
The Lord, my strength, my help, my shield,
On Him will I rely.

5 His help makes glad my heart,
And songs of praise I sing;
Jehovah is His people's strength,
The strong-hold of their king.

6 Bless Thy inheritance,
Our Savior, be, I pray;
Supply Thou all Thy people's need,
And be their constant stay.

Psalm 28 (Tune: Wood) from the 1912 Psalter

Recorded at Singing the Reformation 2016
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Text: William Kethe, Scottish Psalter (Charteris 1596; Smyth 1599)
Scots performing edition: Jamie Reid Baxter
Harmonisation: David Peebles, ed. Tim Duguid
Tune: French-Genevan Psalter, 1551

Psalm 27 (Scottish Psalter 1564 A.D. | acapella)

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PSALM 133 from Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland) Meter: CM

1 How excellent a thing it is,
how pleasant and how good,
When brothers dwell in unity
and live as brothers should!

2 For it is like the precious oil,
poured out on Aaron’s head,
That, running over, down his beard,
upon his collar spread.

3 Like Hermon’s dew, upon the hill
of Zion it descends.
The LORD bestows his blessing there—
the life that never ends.

Psalm 133 (Tune: Prince Edward Island)

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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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