Setting
God stands in the great assembly,
Free Church of Scotland psalter · 8 7 8 7
The words
God stands in the great assembly, judging gods who gather there: “How long will you clear the wicked with the judgments you declare?
“Vindicate the weak and orphans, and the rights of those oppressed. Save the weak, support the needy; from the wicked give them rest.”
They are void of understanding; no right judgment can they make. On they walk in utter darkness; all of earth’s foundations shake.
“You are gods,”—so I addressed them— “you are sons of God Most High. But like mortal men you’ll perish, and like other rulers die.”
Rise, O God, and come in judgment; justice for the earth command, For you hold as your possession every race and every land.
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
Chhapara
curated well-matched8.7.8.7
Stuttgart
curated well-matched8.7.8.7
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