Psalm 138

Setting

I’ll praise you, LORD, with all my heart;

Free Church of Scotland psalter · L.M.

The words

I’ll praise you, LORD, with all my heart; Before the gods I’ll sing your praise. I’ll bow towards your holy place And bless your holy name always.

I’ll praise you for your faithfulness And for your cov’nant love, O LORD, For over all things you have raised Your holy name and faithful word.

The very day I called to you, You gave an answer to my plea. You made me bold within myself; With new resolve you strengthened me.

O LORD, let all earth’s kings give praise, When from your mouth they hear your word. Let them extol the ways of God, For great’s the glory of the LORD.

Although the LORD God dwells on high, The lowly person he protects, Whereas the proud and haughty one He knows afar off and rejects.

Although I walk a troubled path, Your tender care preserves my life. You raise your hand against my foes; Your right hand saves me from their strife.

The LORD will certainly fulfil For me the purpose he commands. Your love endures for ever, LORD; Preserve the works of your own hands.

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

  • St. Bartholomew

    curated well-matched

    LM

  • Wareham

    curated well-matched

    LM

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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.

I’ll praise you, LORD, with all my heart; — Psalm 138 — metricalpsalms.org