Setting
“To the LORD’s house!” they were calling,
Free Church of Scotland psalter · 8 7 8 7
The words
“To the LORD’s house!” they were calling, and with joy I went with them. Now at last our feet are standing in your gates, Jerusalem.
See, Jerus’lem, like a city built compactly, close and strong. That is where the tribes assemble, tribes which to the LORD belong.
To the LORD’s name praise they offer, as for Israèl decreed. There are set the thrones for judgment, thrones of David’s royal seed.
Pray for Zion’s peace and safety: “May your friends securely dwell; Peace within your walls continue, strength within your citadel.”
For the sake of friends and brothers, “Peace be in you,” I will say. For the sake of our God’s temple, I seek your prosperity.
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
2 tunes
Laus Deo
curated well-matched8.7.8.7
Marching
curated well-matched8.7.8.7
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