Setting
On Jerus’lem’s holy mountain
Free Church of Scotland psalter · 8 7 8 7
The words
On Jerus’lem’s holy mountain he has founded his abode. More than all of Jacob’s dwellings Zion’s gates are dear to God.
Glorious things of you are spoken, Zion, city of the LORD: “Many drawn from all the nations as your people I record.
“I will name as those who know me Egypt, Tyre and Babylon; Philistine along with Cushite I will count as Zion-born.”
Yes, it will be said of Zion, “This and that one here belong; And on her the Highest’s blessing will descend, and make her strong.”
“Born in Zion,” God will enter in the peoples’ register. They will sing, as they make music, “All my fountains are in her.”
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
3 tunes
Love Divine
curated well-matched8.7.8.7
Servant Song
curated well-matched8.7.8.7
Shipston
curated well-matched8.7.8.7
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