Setting
Eternal is your word, O LORD;
Free Church of Scotland psalter · 8 8 8 8 8 8
Verses 89–96 of Psalm 119
The words
Eternal is your word, O LORD; In heav’n it stands for ever sure. Your faithfulness will never fail; The earth you founded to endure. Your laws continue to this day; Your sovereign will all things obey.
Had not your law been my delight, I would have died in misery. I never will forget your laws, For by them you have rescued me. LORD, I am yours—save me, I pray, For I have sought your precepts’ way.
The wicked lie in wait for me; Destruction threatens at their hands, But yet in spite of all their threats I will reflect on your commands. Perfection’s limits I have found, But your commandments have no bound.
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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Tunes it can be sung to
2 tunes
Leicester
curated well-matched8.8.8.8.8.8
Ryburn
curated well-matched8.8.8.8.8.8
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