Setting
We give you thanks, O God,
Free Church of Scotland psalter · S.M.
The words
We give you thanks, O God, because your name is near. All speak of your majestic deeds; your voice we also hear:
“I choose the appointed time; I judge with justice sure. When earth and all its people quake, its pillars I secure.
“ ‘Boast not!’ I tell the proud; the wicked I address: ‘Do not lift up your heads with pride, or speak with haughtiness’.”
No one in all the earth can truly give renown. God is the judge; he raises one and puts another down.
The LORD’s hand holds a cup with wine of powerful blend; He pours it out, and wicked ones must drink it to the end.
God’s works I will proclaim, and Jacob’s God I’ll praise. The wicked’s strength I will destroy; the righteous I will raise.
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
3 tunes
Garelochside
curated well-matchedSM
Narenza
curated well-matchedSM
Shere
curated well-matchedSM
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