Setting
O hear my cry, my righteous God.
Free Church of Scotland psalter · C.M.
The words
O hear my cry, my righteous God. Relieve me; I’m distressed. Display your mercy to me now, and answer my request.
The glory of my name, O men, how long will you despise? How long will you delude yourselves, still searching after lies?
Know that the LORD has set apart the godly as his own; The LORD will hear me when I call and my request make known.
In anger do not break God’s law; consider and be still. Present a righteous sacrifice, and wait upon his will.
“O who can show us any good?” I hear so many say. O LORD, shine on us with your light; show us your face, I pray.
You filled my heart with greater joy than others may have found As they rejoiced at harvest time, when grain and wine abound.
I will lie down and sleep in peace; my heart will rest secure, For you alone, O gracious LORD, will keep me safe and sure.
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
Ayrshire
curated well-matchedCM
Metzler
curated well-matchedCM
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