PsalterMETRICAL PSALMS

Psalm 119

Setting

Though rulers hound me without cause,

Free Church of Scotland psalter · L.M.

Verses 161–168 of Psalm 119

The words

Though rulers hound me without cause, My heart fears nothing but your word; For in your promise I rejoice Like one who finds great spoil, O LORD.

All falsehood I abhor and hate; With all my heart I love your law. I praise you seven times a day, For your commands I hold in awe.

Great peace have those who love your law; They will not stumble in the way. I wait for your salvation, LORD, And your commands I will obey.

I will observe your statutes, LORD; My love for them is great and true. Your laws and precepts I obey, For all my ways are known to you.

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.