PsalterMETRICAL PSALMS

Psalm 119

Setting

Teach me to follow your decrees;

Free Church of Scotland psalter · L.M.

Verses 33–40 of Psalm 119

The words

Teach me to follow your decrees; Then I will keep them to the end. Give insight, and I’ll keep your law, With all my heart to it attend.

Lead me in your commandments’ path, For there, O LORD, delight I find. Incline my heart towards your laws; From selfish gain preserve my mind.

O turn my eyes from worthless things; Give life according to your word. To me, your servant, keep your pledge, So that you may be feared, O LORD.

Remove from me the shame I dread; Your laws excel in uprightness. O how I long for your decrees! Preserve me in your righteousness.

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

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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.