Setting
My soul is laid low in the dust;
Free Church of Scotland psalter · L.M.
Verses 25–32 of Psalm 119
The words
My soul is laid low in the dust; Give life according to your word. I showed my ways, you answered me; Teach me your just decrees, O LORD.
Instruct me in your precepts’ way; I’ll think upon your works at length. My soul with sorrow is worn out; According to your word give strength.
Be gracious to me through your law; From lying ways keep me apart. I chose to take the way of truth; I keep your laws with all my heart.
I cling to your decrees, O LORD; Do not let shame take hold of me. I run the way of your commands Because my heart you have set free.
Source & provenance
Free Church of Scotland psalter · psalter
An unedited transcription of the Sing Psalms (Free Church of Scotland, 2003) edition.
Full provenance & rights
- Base edition
- Sing Psalms (Free Church of Scotland, 2003)
- Editor
- Psalmody Committee of the Free Church of Scotland
- Editing
- unedited transcription
Rights
- Copyright
- rights-verified (display held); FCS terms recorded 2026-10-08 — verbatim text in a notated setting with independent tune MIDI is within terms (text free, FCS attribution displayed); copy/print/offline not granted; no audio derivatives
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- Display
- permitted
Tunes it can be sung to
18 tunes · all curated well-matched · LM
Adoramus
Amazing Love
Bow Brickhill
Breslau
Charminster
The other 13 tunes
Finnart
Galilee
Hamburg
Leighton
Marrel
Maryton
Melcombe
Morning Hymn
Rivaulx
Sutherland
Tallis' Canon
Trewen
Truro
How is this list ordered?
Curated pairings come first — a tune a curator recorded against this text, with the fitness they recorded. A tune that merely shares the meter is listed as a tune in the same meter and never as a pairing.
Nothing here is ranked by popularity or use. The page reports what a curator recorded, not a verdict of its own.