Your statutes, LORD, are wonderful,

Free Church of Scotland psalter · L.M.

Verses 129–136 of Psalm 119

The words

Your statutes, LORD, are wonderful, So I obey them from my heart. Your words, as they unfold, give light, And truth to simple minds impart.

With open mouth I pant and yearn To know the laws that you proclaim. Show me the mercy you extend To those who love and praise your name.

Direct my footsteps in your word; Let sin not hold me in its sway. From man’s oppression set me free That your commands I may obey.

Upon your servant shine your face; Teach me the statutes you have made. My eyes shed streams of bitter tears Because your law is not obeyed.

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

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.