Setting
The world and all in it are God’s,
Free Church of Scotland psalter · C.M.
The words
The world and all in it are God’s, all peoples of the earth, For it was founded by the LORD upon the seas beneath.
Who may ascend the hill of God, or in his temple stand? The one who shuns false gods and lies, who’s pure in heart and hand.
He will find favour from the LORD, and from his Saviour grace. Thus are they blessed, O Jacob’s God, who truly seek your face.
You ancient gates, lift up your heads; you doors, be opened wide— So may the King of glory come for ever to abide.
But who is this exalted King? What glorious King is he? It is the LORD of strength and might, the LORD of victory.
You ancient gates, lift up your heads; you doors, be opened wide— So may the King of glory come for ever to abide.
But who is this exalted King? Who can this sovereign be? The LORD Almighty, he is King of glory, none but he.
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
4 tunes · all curated well-matched · CM
Nativity
Praetorius
St. George's, Edinburgh
Winchester
How is this list ordered?
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.