Setting
Your word’s a lamp that shines before my feet;
Free Church of Scotland psalter · 10 10 10 10
Verses 105–112 of Psalm 119
The words
Your word’s a lamp that shines before my feet; It is a light that guides me on my way. The oath that I have taken I’ve confirmed That all your righteous laws I will obey.
O LORD, you know that I have suffered much; Preserve my life according to your word. Accept the willing praises of my mouth; Instruct me in your righteous laws, O LORD.
I will not disregard your holy law, Though constantly my life is in my hands. Although the wicked set a snare for me, I have not left the path of your commands.
Your statutes are my heritage always, And every day they make my heart rejoice. My heart is set on keeping your decrees, And to the very end they are my choice.
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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- 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
10 tunes · all curated well-matched · 10.10.10.10
Borough
Cluny
Ellers
Farley Castle
Longwood
The other 5 tunes
Protection
Song 22
St. Agnes (Langran)
Stoner Hill
Suilven
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.