PsalterMETRICAL PSALMS

Psalm 119

Setting

O LORD, you are the Righteous One;

Free Church of Scotland psalter · L.M.

Verses 137–144 of Psalm 119

The words

O LORD, you are the Righteous One; The statutes that you give are just. You lay down laws of righteousness, Entirely worthy of our trust.

My zeal consumes and wears me out, Because my foes forget your word. Your promises are tried and proved; And I your servant love them, LORD.

Though I am lowly and despised, Your precepts I do not forget. Eternal is your righteousness; True is the law that you have set.

Distress and trouble press me down, But your commands are my delight. Grant wisdom so that I may live; Your statutes are for ever right.

Source & provenance

Free Church of Scotland psalter · psalter

An unedited transcription of the Sing Psalms (Free Church of Scotland, 2003) edition.

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Base edition
Sing Psalms (Free Church of Scotland, 2003)
Editor
Psalmody Committee of the Free Church of Scotland
Editing
unedited transcription

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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.