Setting
O praise, O praise the LORD!
Free Church of Scotland psalter · 6 6 6 6 8 8
The words
O praise, O praise the LORD! Praise him from heavens’ height! All angels, give him praise; Praise him, you hosts of light. Praise him, sun, moon and stars on high, You highest heavens and cloudy sky.
O let them praise his name, The name of God the LORD, For he created them By his almighty word. He set their place eternally; For ever fixed is his decree.
The LORD praise from the earth, You creatures of the deep, Fire, hail, snow, clouds and winds, Which his commandments keep. You hills and trees, beasts wild and tame, Small creatures, birds, exalt his name.
All nations and earth’s kings, Princes and all who reign; Young men and maidens too, Both children and old men: The LORD’s great name by them be praised; His name alone on high is raised.
His glory shines abroad Above the earth and heaven; And he to his own folk A mighty king has given. Let Israèl give praise to God; They are his people. Praise the LORD!
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
2 tunes
Gopsal
curated well-matched6.6.6.6.8.8
St. John
curated well-matched6.6.6.6.8.8
How is this list ordered?
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