Setting
God be merciful and bless us;
Free Church of Scotland psalter · 8 7 8 7
The words
God be merciful and bless us; shine upon us with your face, That the earth may know your actions and all lands your saving grace.
O God, may the peoples praise you; may all peoples sing your praise. For you judge the nations justly, ruling over every race.
May they sing with joy and gladness; may they all rejoice as one. O God, may the peoples praise you as they all unite in song.
Then the land will yield its harvest; God will pour his gifts abroad. God, our God, will surely bless us; all the earth will fear our God.
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
All for Jesus
curated well-matched8.7.8.7
Sussex
curated well-matched8.7.8.7
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