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Psalm 85 (Tune: Ebeneezer) [City Psalms May26] by Connor Quigley

Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms PSALM 61 sung acapella from Sing Psalms, 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland). O God, conduct me to the rock that’s higher far than I. 3 For you’re my refuge from the foe, my tower of strength on high. 4 O let me dwell within your tent, for ever there to live! O for the shelter of your wings, the refuge which they give! 5 For you have heard my vows, O God, and you have given me The heritage of those who fear your name continually.

Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms Sung acapella from the Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650. 3 The floods, O Lord, have lifted up, they lifted up their voice; The floods have lifted up their waves, and made a mighty noise. 4 But yet the Lord, that is on high, is more of might by far Than noise of many waters is, or great sea-billows are. 5 Thy testimonies ev'ry one in faithfulness excel; And holiness for ever, Lord, thine house becometh well.

Recorded by Harpa Dei : www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQNJs89E6x8 According to the ancient monastic tradition, the Catholic Church intones this psalm at Compline (prayer at the end of the day).

Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms A cappella setting of Psalm 145, with a melody inspired by Beethoven’s 7th (Allegretto). Unaccompanied, reverent, congregational-style psalm singing. Style: Unaccompanied / metrical psalmody / choral Inspiration: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, Allegretto (public domain)

Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms Now Israel may say and that in truth, "If that the LORD had not our right maintained, If that the LORD had not with us remained, When cruel men against us rose to strive, We surely had been swallowed up alive. 2 "Yea, when their wrath against us fiercely rose, Then as fierce floods before them all things drown, So had they brought our soul to death quite down; The raging streams, with their proud swelling waves, Had then our soul o'erwhelmed as in the grave." 3 Blessed be the LORD Who made us not their prey; As from the snare a bird escapeth free, Their net is rent and so escaped are we. Our only help is in Jehovah's name, Who made the earth and all the heav'nly frame. This is a raw a cappella recording of Psalm 124, sung to the traditional Old 124th tune (also known as Old 124 / Old 124th Psalm Tune), in classic metrical psalm style. No instruments, just voice. Historic Reformed / Presbyterian worship sound. The words of Psalm 124 (“If it had not been the LORD who was on our side…”) are a song of rescue, deliverance, and gratitude to God. This style comes from Scottish / Covenanter / Reformation-era congregational singing: unaccompanied, direct, communal, and focused on Scripture. I’m sharing this to keep that sound alive and make it easy for churches, families, and believers to learn and sing the psalms together. Recorded for devotional use, worship resources, and anyone studying traditional psalmody, Scottish psalter singing, or Reformed Presbyterian hymnology. Feel free to use it for personal worship, teaching parts, or to learn how Psalm 124 is sung in the Scottish/Presbyterian tradition. – Vocal only (unaccompanied / a cappella) – Old 124th / Old 124 psalm tune – Metrical Psalm 124 (Scottish Psalter style) – Scripture-based worship music – Traditional Reformed / Presbyterian psalm singing

There Is A Lovely Lord his name is Christ, You may make bold to kiss his face Yet ye may kiss if ye but turn and Rue Sheet music: https://churchservicesociety.org/sites/default/files/psalter/lovely.pdf

Abayudaya congregation, led by J.J. Keki - Psalm 136 sung 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.

Sheet Music: https://churchservicesociety.org/sites/default/files/psalter/magnificat.pdf Composed by John Angus – called 'gude Jhone Angus' by Wode – had been a monk in Dunfermline Abbey and continued in charge of the song school there after the Reformation. My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded: the lowliness of his handmaiden: For behold, from henceforth: all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me: and holy is his Name. And his mercy is on them that fear him: throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength with his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel: As he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever.

Get the full album: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU68ZE9KeM-YoRcWST3PR_g From the 2004 album: Salm, Vol. 1 (Gaelic Psalms from the Hebrides of Scotland) The recordings of Gaelic Psalm singing presented in the release are among the best ever captured. They document a living tradition, a form of religious singing from the Hebrides in Scotland, which is still practiced in Lewis. In Gaelic psalm singing, a precentor leads, and from here voices follow, moving together in great swells like the murmurations of birds. These recordings of Gaelic Psalm singing were originally made over two evenings in the Back Free Church on the Isle of Lewis in October 2003. The singing was spontaneous and totally unrehearsed. The recordings are here pressed to vinyl for the first time. This is music that is transcendent and together, about the individual and the earth, movingly spiritual with or without belief. The sound comes in great waves, swells of sound that break and roll around the space. The texture relies on the individuals: this is group singing where the individual is preserved, elevated, but together. A precentor leads off with the first lines of a psalm, and the congregation follows, some faster than others, and each one remains discernible. In his notes to the original release, Calum Martin writes that the form, called precenting (where one person puts out the line and the congregation responds) while not exclusive to Gaelic free church traditions, is in Lewis particularly influenced by the pibroch style of free ornamentation. It’s through this, he says, that the distinctive emotional swell of sound emerges. The sound relies on the congregation’s individual responses to the melody and the individual precentor’s leading. The musical term is free heterophony. Arc Light Editions has worked directly with DR Macdonald at the Bethesda Hospice and Calum Martin on this release, and we thank them for their time. A portion of the profits from this release go directly to Bethesda Hospice, in accordance with the original release.”

Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms A big thank you to Rev Calum I Macleod for letting us share some great tracks from the album 'Sounds from Loch a Tuath', recorded at Back Free Church. (Released December 2013)

Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms Lo, I do stretch my hands To thee, my help alone; For thou well understands All my complaint and moan: My thirsting soul desires, And longeth after thee, As thirsty ground requires With rain refreshed to be. 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 wayWherein my path should be; For why, my soul on high I do lift up to thee. Sung acapella from the Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650.

Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms Sheet music: https://genevanpsalter.com/files/psalm-68/GenPs068_Poly.pdf Sung by Michael Owens - For many years he has been pursuing various methods of singing the Psalms, including the through-composed Psalm 119 and Canticles Divine series with Frederick Steinruck. His first passions have always been God and family, with music and pianos a distant second. His work on the Genevan Psalter began in 2003, when a friend gave him a copy of the Cantus Christi.

Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms Psalm 18 from the King James Version Bible, sung acapella: "I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

Psalm 50 (In Georgian | Acapella) by Trio Mandili: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7ucvC0OrD2BQUmEec5NJeg - Psalm 50 - Translation from Aramaic A psalm of David Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy kindness: According to the abundance of thy mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thorughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in thy sight: So that You are justified when You speak, And blameless when You judge. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy kindness: According to the abundance of thy mercies, blot out my transgressions.

Bless The Lord · Taizé · Jacques Berthier · Traditional Sheet music: https://www.sanctuarycrc.org/worship_resources/pdf/Bless%20The%20Lord%20(Taize)%20(F%20-%20full%20score%20w%20descant).pdf Chant: Bless the Lord, my soul, and bless God's holy name. Bless the Lord, my soul, who leads me into life. Verse (in English): It is God who forgives all your guilt, who heals every one of your ills, who redeems your life from the grave, who crowns you with love and compassion. The Lord is compassion and love, slow to anger and rich in mercy. God does not treat us according to our sins, nor replay us according to our faults. As a father has compassion on his children, The Lord has pity on those who fear him, for God knows of what we are made. God remembers that we are dust. "Bless the Lord, My Soul" by Jacques Berthier. Sung by Oasis Chorale at Cornerstone Mennonite Fellowship in Ephrata, Pennsylvania on July 11, 2021. The Taizé Community (French: Communauté de Taizé) is an ecumenical Christian monastic community in Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. It is composed of about one hundred brothers, from Catholic and Protestant traditions, who originate from about thirty countries around the world. It was founded in 1940 by Brother Roger Schütz, a Reformed Protestant. Taizé has become one of the world's most important sites of Christian pilgrimage, with a focus on youth. Over 100,000 young people from around the world make pilgrimages to Taizé each year for prayer, Bible study, sharing, and communal work. Through the community's ecumenical outlook, they are encouraged to live in the spirit of kindness, simplicity and reconciliation. They have sought to demonstrate this in the music and prayers where songs are sung in many languages, and have included chants and icons from the Eastern Orthodox tradition. The music emphasizes simple phrases, usually lines from Psalms or other pieces of Scripture, repeated and sometimes also sung in canon.[17] Earlier Taizé community music was conceived and composed by Jacques Berthier.

Bless The Lord · Taizé · Jacques Berthier · Traditional Sheet music: https://www.sanctuarycrc.org/worship_resources/pdf/Bless%20The%20Lord%20(Taize)%20(F%20-%20full%20score%20w%20descant).pdf Chant: Bless the Lord, my soul, and bless God's holy name. Bless the Lord, my soul, who leads me into life. Verse (in English): It is God who forgives all your guilt, who heals every one of your ills, who redeems your life from the grave, who crowns you with love and compassion. The Lord is compassion and love, slow to anger and rich in mercy. God does not treat us according to our sins, nor replay us according to our faults. As a father has compassion on his children, The Lord has pity on those who fear him, for God knows of what we are made. God remembers that we are dust. "Bless the Lord, My Soul" by Jacques Berthier. Sung by Oasis Chorale at Cornerstone Mennonite Fellowship in Ephrata, Pennsylvania on July 11, 2021. The Taizé Community (French: Communauté de Taizé) is an ecumenical Christian monastic community in Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. It is composed of about one hundred brothers, from Catholic and Protestant traditions, who originate from about thirty countries around the world. It was founded in 1940 by Brother Roger Schütz, a Reformed Protestant. Taizé has become one of the world's most important sites of Christian pilgrimage, with a focus on youth. Over 100,000 young people from around the world make pilgrimages to Taizé each year for prayer, Bible study, sharing, and communal work. Through the community's ecumenical outlook, they are encouraged to live in the spirit of kindness, simplicity and reconciliation. They have sought to demonstrate this in the music and prayers where songs are sung in many languages, and have included chants and icons from the Eastern Orthodox tradition. The music emphasizes simple phrases, usually lines from Psalms or other pieces of Scripture, repeated and sometimes also sung in canon.[17] Earlier Taizé community music was conceived and composed by Jacques Berthier.

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 92 sung 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.

Recorded by Harpa Dei : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQNJs89E6x8 According to the ancient monastic tradition, the Catholic Church intones this psalm at Compline (prayer at the end of the day).

Psalm 128 "Blessed Art Thou That Fearest God" (1599 A.D. | acapella) By Andro Blackhall (1535/6–1609) Sheet Music: https://churchservicesociety.org/sites/default/files/psalter/ps128-blackhall_0.pdf

Sheet Music: https://churchservicesociety.org/sites/default/files/psalter/veni_0.pdf Veni Creator (Latin: Come, Creator) is a traditional Christian hymn believed to have been written by Rabanus Maurus, a ninth-century German monk, teacher, archbishop, and saint. When the original Latin text is used, it is normally sung to a Gregorian Chant tune first known from Kempten Abbey around the year 1000. Since the English Reformation in the 16th century, there have been more than fifty English-language translations and paraphrases of Veni Creator Spiritus.[5] The version attributed to Archbishop Cranmer, his sole venture into English verse, first appeared in the Prayer Book Ordinal of 1550. In 1561 John Day included it after the psalms in his incomplete metrical psalter of that year. From 1562 onwards, in The Whole Booke of Psalmes, Day printed Cranmer's version at the start of the metrical paraphrases.

Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms Psalm 19 from the King James Version Bible, sung acapella The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. These are the acappella hymns recored by the Florida College Camp Rock 2018.

Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms Psalm 25 from the King james Version Bible, sung acapella Unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul, Unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. Oh my God, I trust in Thee, Let me not be ashamed, Let not mine enemies triumph over me. 2 Yea, let none that wait on Thee be ashamed, Yea, let none that wait on Thee be ashamed 3 Show me Thy ways, teach me Thy paths, Show me Thy ways, teach me Thy paths 4 Remember not the sins of my youth, Remember not the sins of my youth

A PSALM sung acapella from the Scottish Psalter of 1650 Recorded by members of High Free Church, Stornoway(singpraise.net). (Meter: CM)Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms 1 I waited for the Lord my God, and patiently did bear; At length to me he did incline my voice and cry to hear. 2 He took me from a fearful pit, and from the miry clay, And on a rock he set my feet, establishing my way. 3 He put a new song in my mouth, our God to magnify: Many shall see it, and shall fear, and on the Lord rely. 4 O blessed is the man whose trust upon the Lord relies; Respecting not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

A PSALM sung acapella from the Scottish Psalter of 1650 Recorded by members of High Free Church, Stornoway(singpraise.net). (Meter: CM) Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms 1 I waited for the Lord my God, and patiently did bear; At length to me he did incline my voice and cry to hear. 2 He took me from a fearful pit, and from the miry clay, And on a rock he set my feet, establishing my way. 3 He put a new song in my mouth, our God to magnify: Many shall see it, and shall fear, and on the Lord rely. 4 O blessed is the man whose trust upon the Lord relies; Respecting not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 5 O Lord my God, full many are the wonders thou hast done; Thy gracious thoughts to us-ward far above all thoughts are gone: In order none can reckon them to thee: if them declare, And speak of them I would, they more than can be numbered are.

A PSALM sung acapella from the Scottish Psalter of 1650 Recorded by members of High Free Church, Stornoway(singpraise.net). (Meter: CM) Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms 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. 3 Behold, the sparrow findeth out an house wherein to rest; The swallow also for herself hath purchased a nest; Ev’n thine own altars,* where she safe her young ones forth may bring, O thou almighty Lord of hosts, who art my God and King. 4 Blessed are they in thy house that dwell, they ever give thee praise. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength thou art, in whose heart are thy ways: 6 Who passing thorough Baca’s vale, therein do dig up wells; Also the rain that falleth down the pools with water fills.

A PSALM sung acapella from Sing Psalms, 2003. Recorded by members of High Free Church, Stornoway(singpraise.net). (Meter: CM) Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms 1 You mighty ones, give to the LORD as his right, Ascribe to the LORD God both glory and might. 2 To the LORD’s name due glory and honour accord; In beauty of holiness worship the LORD. 3 The LORD’s voice is over the waters abroad, And thunder proceeds from the glorious God. Above all the waters God’s thunder is heard; 4 A powèrful voice is the voice of the LORD. The voice of the LORD is majestic and loud; 5 By the voice of the LORD the great cedars are bowed. Yes, even the cedars of Lebanon tall, The LORD breaks in pieces and shatters them all. 6 Like the leap of a calf he shakes Lebanon’s rocks, And Sirion skips like a startled wild ox. 7 The voice of the LORD causes lightning to flash; 8 The voice of the LORD makes the wilderness crash. The LORD makes the desert of Kadesh to shake; 9 The LORD causes oaks of the forest to quake. The trees of the forest he strips of their leaves, And he in his temple great glory receives. 10 The LORD over floods sits as monarch alone; The LORD sits for ever as King on his throne. 11 The LORD makes the strength of his people increase; The LORD gives his people the blessing of peace.

Psalm 143 sung Acapella from the Scottish Psalter of 1650. Recorded Glasgow RP church. (Meter: 66.66D) Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms 6 Lo, I do stretch my hands To thee, my help alone; For thou well understands All my complaint and moan: My thirsting soul desires, And longeth after thee, As thirsty ground requires With rain refreshed to be. 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.

Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms Psalm 41 sung acapella from The Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650. (Meter: CM) 9 Yea, ev'n mine own familiar friend, on whom I did rely, Who ate my bread, ev'n he his heel against me lifted high. 11 By this I know that certainly I favored am by thee; Because my hateful enemy triumphs not over me. 12 But as for me, thou me uphold'st in mine integrity; And me before thy countenance thou sett'st continually. 13 The Lord, the God of Israel, be blessed for ever then, From age to age eternally. Amen, yea, and amen.

Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms This Earth Belongs To God Words: Christopher Idle Music: TRUMPET VOLUNTARY (J Clarke) Arrangement: Noël Tredinnick Metre: Irregular 1 This earth belongs to God, the world, its wealth, and all its people; he formed the waters wide and fashioned every sea and shore. Who may go up the hill of the Lord and stand in the place of holiness? Only the one whose heart is pure, whose hands and lips are clean. 2 Lift high your heads, you gates; rise up, you everlasting doors, as here now the King of glory enters into full command. Who is the King, this King of glory, where is the throne he comes to claim? Christ is the King, the Lord of glory, fresh from his victory. 3 Lift high your heads, you gates, and fling wide open the ancient doors, for here comes the King of glory taking universal power. Who is the King, this King of glory, what is the power by which he reigns? Christ is the King, his cross his glory, and by love he rules 4 All glory be to God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; from ages past it was, is now, and evermore shall be. Christopher Idle after Psalm 24 © Christopher Idle/Jubilate Hymns Ltd 6 9 6 8 9 7 9 6 Irregular

Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms Sung acapella from the Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650. 23 Nevertheless continually, O Lord, I am with thee: Thou dost me hold by my right hand, and still upholdest me. 24 Thou, with thy counsel, while I live, wilt me conduct and guide; And to thy glory afterward receive me to abide. 25 Whom have I in the heavens high but thee, O Lord, alone? And in the earth whom I desire besides thee there is none. 26 My flesh and heart doth faint and fail, but God doth fail me never: For of my heart God is the strength and portion for ever.

Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms Psalm 37 from the Scottish Psalter of 1650, recorded at the 24rd free church Glasgow psalmody Recital, 1995. 23 A good man's footsteps by the Lord are ordered aright; And in the way wherein he walks he greatly doth delight. 24 Although he fall, yet shall he not be cast down utterly; Because the Lord with his own hand upholds him mightily. 25 I have been young, and now am old, yet have I never seen The just man left, nor that his seed for bread have beggars been. 26 He's ever merciful, and lends: his seed is blessed therefore. 27 Depart from evil, and do good, and dwell for evermore.

Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms Sheet music: https://genevanpsalter.com/files/psalm-66/Psalm_66_Genevan_BoP.pdf “All peoples, bowing down before Thee, Sing praises to Thy glorious Name; To Thee, O God, they all pay homage, With hymns of joy declare Thy fame.” O come and see with reverent wonder The awesome deeds which God has done, His mighty works among the nations, The victories His hand has won. His strength to Israel revealing, He turned the sea to arid land, And they on foot passed through the river; The waters heeded His command. We sang His praise, in Him rejoicing Who by His might rules without end; His eyes keep watch on every nation. Let rebels not His power withstand. Sung by Michael Owens - For many years he has been pursuing various methods of singing the Psalms, including the through-composed Psalm 119 and Canticles Divine series with Frederick Steinruck. His first passions have always been God and family, with music and pianos a distant second. His work on the Genevan Psalter began in 2003, when a friend gave him a copy of the Cantus Christi. Music: Genevan Psalter, 1543; harm. Claude Goudimel, 1564

Recorded @ Singing the Reformation 2016 http://www.churchservicesociety.org/str/about-singing-reformation-2016 Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms Text: Thomas Sternhold Music: David Peebles ed. Mick Swithinbank Tune: Anglo-Genevan Psalter 1556 Metre: DCM 8686 8686

By Shira Choir Taken from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckVYO9oI8vc

Psalm 25 from the Scottish Psalter of 1650. Recorded at the 30th Glasgow Psalmody Recital (2001), used with permission. Meter: SM 12 What man is he that fears the Lord, and doth him serve? Him shall he teach the way that he shall choose, and still observe. 13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his posterity Shall flourish still, and of the earth inheritors shall be. 14 With those that fear him is the secret of the Lord; The knowledge of his covenant he will to them afford. 15 Mine eyes upon the Lord continually are set: For he it is that shall bring forth my feet out of the net.

Recorded at Singing the Reformation 2016 http://www.churchservicesociety.org/singing-reformation-2016 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

Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms 1 O praise, you servants of the LORD; Sing praises to his holy name. 2 O blessèd be the name of God; His praise for evermore proclaim. 3 From east to west the praise of God Each day is to be spread abroad. 4 The LORD is high above the earth, His glory far above the sky. 5 Who else is like the LORD our God, The one who sits enthroned on high? 6 He is the one who stoops down low To look on heav’n and earth below. 7 He raises outcasts from the dust And from the ash-heap lifts the poor, 8 Exalting them to dignity, With noblemen to sit secure. 9 The childless woman he’ll reward With home and children. Praise the LORD! PSALM 113 sung a capella from Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland.

Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms Psalm 133 - 'Behold How Good' composed By Michael John Trotta (Used with permission)recorded by Bon Accord singing group from Trinity RP Church

Psalm 142 From the Scottish Psalter of 1650. Recorded in Greenville Presbyterian Church (Free Church Continuing), USA. 3 When in me was o'erwhelmed my sp'rit, then well thou knew'st my way; Where I did walk a snare for me they privily did lay. 6 Because I am brought very low, attend unto my cry: Me from my persecutors save, who stronger are than I. 7 From prison bring my soul, that I thy name may glorify: The just shall compass me, when thou with me deal'st bounteously.

Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms Recorded @ Singing the Reformation 2016 http://www.churchservicesociety.org/singing-reformation-2016 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

"Rescue Me" is a new song from the latest Praise and Harmony album, "Reigning God" written by Keith Lancaster. It's taken from Psalm 17. You can order it online here: https://acappella.org/store/praise-and-harmony/reigning-god/

"Psalm 39" (SSAA) published by Dunstan House (DH1302) is distributed by Subito Music. Music by Daniel E. Gawthrop, @2012 by Dunstan House. Text: adapted from KJV Recording from the premiere performance 28 APR 2013 by the Women of the East Tennessee State University Chorale, Alan Stevens conducting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEMlflURsPU

Sheet music & lyrics: http://allsaints-church.com/files/music-pdf/74.pdf Sung by Mr Michael E. Owens Tune Information: Arranger: Leopold L. Dix (1861-1935) Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Adapted from the book of psalms for singing.

Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms Recorded @ Singing the Reformation 2016 www.churchservicesociety.org/singing-re…ation-2016 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.)

Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms Trinity Choir with organ Setting from the Genevan Psalter of 1539, translated into english by Dewey Westra, 1931. As the hart, about to falter, In its trembling agony, Longs for flowing streams of water, So, O God, I long for Thee. Yes, athirst for Thee I cry; God of life, O when shall I Come again to stand before Thee In Thy temple, and adore Thee? Bitter tears of lamentation Are my food by night and day. In my deep humiliation “Where is now your God?” they say. Oh, my soul’s poured out in me, When I bring to memory How the throngs I would assemble, Shouting praises in Thy temple. From the land beyond the Jordan, With my soul cast down in me, From Mount Mizar and Mount Hermon I will yet remember Thee. As the waters plunge and leap, Deep reechoes unto deep; All Thy waves and billows roaring O’er my troubled soul are pouring. O my soul, why are you grieving, Why disquieted in me? Hope in God, your faith retrieving: He will still your refuge be. I again shall laud His grace For the comfort of His face: He will show His help and favor, For He is my God and Savior.

Recorded @ Singing the Reformation 2016 http://www.churchservicesociety.org/singing-reformation-2016 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

Support the psalms - www.patreon.com/join/psalms Sung from Sing Psalms (2003) Recorded at Dowanvale Free Church of Scotland. (Meter: 10.10.10.10) 0 But you, O LORD, be merciful to me And raise me up their malice to repay. 11 I know that you are pleased with me, O LORD; For over me my foe does not hold sway. 12 In my integrity you hold me fast; Before you I will constantly remain. 13 O praise the LORD, the God of Israel, For ever and for evermore! Amen.

Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms mf 4 The LORD will eternally reign from his throne; he has it established for justice alone. He righteously judges the world in his sight; all peoples will know that his judgment is right. 5 The LORD is a stronghold, a refuge, a tower, for all the oppressed in their dark, troubled hour. Those knowing your name, LORD, trust you for your grace; you have not forsaken those seeking your face. f 6 Sing praise to the LORD, who in Zion does dwell; among all the peoples his mighty deeds tell. m The cry of the poor never fades from his ear; their blood he avenges; he always will hear.