Setting
Let my cry come before you, O LORD;
Free Church of Scotland psalter · 9 9 9 9 anapaestic
Verses 169–176 of Psalm 119
The words
Let my cry come before you, O LORD; Give me insight as pledged in your word. May my pleading gain access to you; Save my life, as you promised to do.
May my lips overflow with your praise, For you teach me your statutes always. May my tongue sing aloud of your word; Your commandments are righteous, O LORD.
May your hand be stretched out for my aid, Since by choice your commands I’ve obeyed. I desire your salvation to see, And your law is delightful to me.
Let me live and I’ll praise you in song; May your laws give me help to go on. Seek your servant who strayed like a sheep, For your precepts I steadfastly keep.
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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- Display
- permitted
Tunes it can be sung to
4 tunes · all curated well-matched · 9.9.9.9
Fyrish
Hilton
Kilmuir
Mulchaich
How is this list ordered?
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