Setting
When Zion’s fortunes God restored,
Free Church of Scotland psalter · C.M.
The words
When Zion’s fortunes God restored, it was a dream come true. Our mouths were then with laughter filled, our tongues with songs anew.
The nations said, “The LORD has done great things for Israel.” The LORD did mighty things for us, and joy our hearts knew well.
Restore our fortunes, gracious LORD, like streams in desert soil. A joyful harvest will reward the weeping sower’s toil.
The man who, bearing seed to sow, goes out with tears of grief, Will come again with songs of joy, bearing his harvest sheaf.
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
- Access
- free
- Display
- permitted
Tunes it can be sung to
3 tunes
Brother James' Air
curated well-matchedCM
Denfield
curated well-matchedCM
Eatington
curated well-matchedCM
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