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Psalm 100 Sing Psalms version - "Shout to the LORD with joy, all who to earth belong." tune: Dennis Falkirk Free Church The images are only intended to provide resonances with some aspects of the psalm; they are not intended as a one-to-one correspondences. They are more like visual cross-references. image: Peter and John going to the temple. (Acts 3) PSALM 100 S.M. 1 Shout to the LORD with joy, all who to earth belong. 2 Adore the LORD with joyful hearts and come to him in song. 3 Know that the LORD is God; he made us as his own. We are the sheep for whom he cares— his people, his alone. 4 Enter his gates with praise, his courts with thankfulness. Your praises gladly sing to him; his name for ever bless. 5 For God the LORD is good; his love is ever sure. His constant truth and faithfulness through every age endure.

Psalm 97 "The LORD reigns, let the earth be glad!" Tune: Duke St. Falkirk Free Church The images are only intended to provide resonances with some aspects of the psalm; they are not intended as one-to-one correspondences. images: William Brassey Hole - The return of the exiles (Ezra-Nehemiah) Mount Sinai (Exodus 19-24) Samson coming in judgement with his fiery host (Judges 15) Gideon (Judges 7) The seventh plague (Exodus 9) Elijah at Horeb (1 Kings 19) Vitalii Bashkatov, Crimea (Psalm 19) Solomon's images (1 Kings 11 cf. 2 Kings 23) William Brassey Hole - A prophet of God denounces the idolatry of Jeroboam (1 Kings 13 cf. 2 Kings 23) The Golden Calf (Exodus 32) Dagon before the ark (1 Samuel 5) The fiery furnace (Daniel 3) James Tissot - the return of the exiles (Ezra-Nehemiah cf. Psalm 33) PSALM 97 L.M. 1 The LORD reigns, let the earth be glad! Let distant shores express delight! 2 Clouds and thick darkness cover him; His throne is built on truth and right. 3 Fire goes before him and consumes His enemies on every side. 4 His lightning flashes through the world; At this the earth is terrified. 5 Hills melt like wax before the LORD, Before the Lord of all the earth. 6 The heav’ns proclaim his righteousness; All peoples see his glorious worth. 7 All those who worship images Are put to everlasting shame; Their worthless idols are their boast— You gods, bow down before his name! 8 To Zion hill and Judah’s towns Your judgments, LORD, great joy supply. 9 Above the earth and all the gods Exalted is the LORD Most High. 10 Hate evil, you who love the LORD; His faithful ones he will defend, And from the hands of wicked men To them deliv’rance he will send. 11 Upon the righteous light will shine, And joy on those of upright ways. 12 You righteous, in the LORD rejoice, And to his holy name give praise.

image: The first song recorded in the Bible (Exodus 15) "You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them. “You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation. The peoples have heard. They tremble." PSALM 98 C.M. 1 O sing a new song to the LORD, for wonders he has done; His right hand and his holy arm the victory have won. 2 The LORD declared his saving work and made it to be known; To all the nations of the world his righteousness is shown. 3 His steadfast love and faithfulness he has remembered well— The covenant he made with them, the house of Israèl. And all the nations of the earth have seen what God has done— Our God who brings deliverance by his right hand alone. 4 Acclaim the LORD, O all the earth; shout loudly and rejoice. Make music and be jubilant; to him lift up your voice. 5 With harp make music to the LORD; with harp his praises sing. 6 With trumpet and with horn rejoice before the LORD, the King. 7 Let earth, the sea and all in them rejoice triumphantly. 8 Let streams clap hands and mountains sing together joyfully. 9 Now let them sing before the LORD, who comes to judge the earth; He’ll judge the world in righteousness, the peoples in his truth.

Psalm 96 "O sing a new song to the LORD, sing praises to his name." Tune: St. St Magnus Falkirk Free Church The images are only intended to provide resonances with some aspects of the psalm; they are not intended as one-to-one correspondences. image: "He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.” While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message. The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on Gentiles. For they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God." (Acts 10: 42-46) PSALM 96 (a) C.M. 1-2 O sing a new song to the LORD, sing praises to his name; And his salvation day by day let all the earth proclaim. 3-4 His glory and his mighty deeds to every land declare: How great and awesome is the LORD! With him no gods compare. 5 For other gods are wood and stone; the LORD made heaven’s height. 6 All power and majesty are his; he dwells in glorious light. 7-8 All nations, to the LORD ascribe the glory that is due; Glory and strength ascribe to God, and praise his name anew. Enter his courts with joy, and bring an offering with you. 9 Worship the LORD in holy fear; all earth, before him bow. 10 Tell every land: “The LORD is King!” Established is the earth And cannot move; the LORD will judge the peoples in his truth. 11 Let heavens rejoice, and earth be glad; with joy let oceans ring. 12 The fields and all in them will shout, and forest trees will sing. 13 They all will sing before the LORD, who comes to judge the earth. He’ll judge the world in righteousness, the peoples in his truth.

It is highly recommended that you turn your captions/subtitles on. Mark 14: 17 ff. This was the fourth lecture in this series, the first being on a day in the life a young girl, on Mary and the Incarnation and the second being on the temptations of Jesus. The third lecture covered the events and teaching which took place near Caesarea Philippi: Peter's Confession of Christ, Jesus' re-interpretation of Messiahship, and Jesus' teaching on the cost of discipleship. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLieNTYk3WrzofvbHhC63RaKMzq2V1d1yP&si=TYFn5aQxf6ZX5GWd This lecture covers the events and teaching which took place on Jesus' last day: the upper room, Gethsemane, the cross, and Jesus' burial.

Sing Psalms Psalm 62 "My soul finds rest in God alone" Tune: Herongate Falkirk Free Church This is two recordings hacked together. There is another version of the first half of this psalm here: https://youtu.be/oRyJAjjQKrM The images are only intended to provide resonances with some aspects of the psalm; they are not intended as a one-to-one correspondences. They are more like visual cross-references. image: Saul and David David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul, and he said: “Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine; God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My saviour, you save me from violence. I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies. (2 Samuel 22: 1-4) PSALM 62 L.M. 1 My soul finds rest in God alone; From him comes my salvation sure. 2 My safety, fortress, sheltering rock— In him alone I am secure. 3 How long will you assault a man? Do you all seek to lay him low— This leaning wall, this tottering fence— And bring about his overthrow? 4 They plan his fall from his high place; They take delight in spreading lies. With false and flattering mouths they bless, But in their hearts curse and despise. 5 Find rest, my soul, in God alone; In him my hope is ever sure. 6 My safety, fortress, sheltering rock— In him alone I am secure. 7 My honour and salvation rest On God, my rock and mighty fort. 8 O people, trust in him always; To him alone pour out your heart. 9 The low-born man is but a breath; The high-born man is but a lie. Weighed in a balance, side by side, They come to nothing but a sigh. 10 Do not seek after wealth by force, Or triumph in ill-gotten gain; And even though your goods increase, Set not your heart on what is vain. 11 My God has spoken; I have heard 12 That you are strong and loving, Lord. Each one according to his deeds You will assuredly reward.

Scottish Psalter - second version "Lord, unto us be merciful, do thou us also bless" tune: Crediton Falkirk Free Church image: The high priest of Israel in his robes of glory and beauty, blessing the people. The Aaronic priests blessed the whole Israelite nation with the God-given benediction of Numbers 6:22–27. They were blessed by God in order that they might be a nation of priests, ministering to the whole earth. PSALM 67, second version C.M. 1 Lord, unto us be merciful, do thou us also bless; And graciously cause shine on us the brightness of thy face: 2 That so thy way upon the earth to all men may be known; Also among the nations all thy saving health be shown. 3 O let the people praise thee, Lord; let people all thee praise. 4 O let the nätions be glad, and sing for joy always: For rightly thou shalt people judge, and nations rule on earth. 5 Let people praise thee, Lord; let all the folk praise thee with mirth. 6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; God, our God, bless us shall. 7 God shall us bless; and of the earth the ends shall fear him all.

Scottish Psalter Psalm 63:1-8 of 11 "Lord, thee my God, I’ll early seek: my soul doth thirst for thee" Tune: Bays of Harris Falkirk Free Church The images are only intended to provide resonances with some aspects of the psalm; they are not intended as a one-to-one correspondences. They are more like visual cross-references. image: The Judean Desert (See the psalm's title) PSALM 63 C.M. 1 Lord, thee my God, I’ll early seek: my soul doth thirst for thee; My flesh longs in a dry parched land, wherein no waters be: 2 That I thy powèr may behold, and brightness of thy face, As I have seen thee heretofore within thy holy place. 3 Since better is thy love than life, my lips thee praise shall give. 4 I in thy name will lift my hands, and bless thee while I live. 5 Ev’n as with marrow and with fat my soul shall fillèd be; Then shall my mouth with joyful lips sing praises unto thee: 6 When I do thee upon my bed remember with delight, And when on thee I meditate in watches of the night. 7 In shadow of thy wings I’ll joy, for thou mine help hast been. 8 My soul thee follows hard; and me thy right hand doth sustain. 9 Who seek my soul to spill shall sink down to earth’s lowest room. 10 They by the sword shall be cut off, and foxes’ prey become. 11 Yet shall the king in God rejoice, and each one glory shall That swear by him; but stopped shall be the mouth of liars all.

It is highly recommended that you turn your captions/subtitles on. Mark 8. This was the third lecture in this series, the first being on a day in the life a young girl, on Mary and the Incarnation and the second being on the temptations of Jesus. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLieNTYk3WrzofvbHhC63RaKMzq2V1d1yP&si=TYFn5aQxf6ZX5GWd This lecture covers the events and teaching which took place near Caesarea Philippi: Peter's Confession of Christ, Jesus' re-interpretation of Messiahship, and Jesus' teaching on the cost of discipleship.

It is highly recommended that you turn your captions/subtitles on. This was the second lecture in this series, the first being on a day in the life a young girl, on Mary and the Incarnation. The previous lecture on the baptism of Jesus, from 1994, mentioned in the introduction, was from the fourth set of Lectures in the Faith found here https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLieNTYk3Wrzq8i3Sa3BAV97GX--4FghRD&si=FaVoFfwJXcMB_SWj

images: The Bronze Serpent (Numbers 21: 8-9, 2 Kings 18:4) The Dragon (Revelation 12, Revelation 16: 13-14 cf. Ephesians 6:16, 1 Peter 5:8) Samson at Ramath Lehi (Judges 15) The Passover (Exodus 12) PSALM 91 10 10 10 10 1 The one whose dwelling is with God Most High In the Almighty’s shadow safe will rest. 2 “He is my refuge,” I say of the LORD, “My fortress and my God; in him I trust.” 3 Surely he saves you from the fowler’s snare And rescues you from deadly pestilence. 4 Under his wings a refuge you will find; His faithfulness will be your strong defence. 5 You will not fear the terror of the night, Or dread the arrow flying in the day, 6 Or pestilence that in the darkness stalks, Or plague at noon that carries all away. 7 No harm will touch you though a thousand fall, Or yet ten thousand die at your right hand. 8 Your eyes will then look on, and you will see The wicked punished as their ways demand. 9 If you make God Most High your dwelling-place— Even the LORD, who is my refuge sure— 10 No evil then will ever fall on you, Nor dire calamity come near your door. 11 For he will charge his angels with your care, To guard you in your footsteps every one; 12 They will uphold and bear you in their hands, Lest you should strike your foot against a stone. 13 Upon the mighty lion you will tread; The cobra you will overcome and kill. Your feet will trample down the king of beasts; The serpent will be crushed beneath your heel. 14 “Because he loves me,” says the Sovereign LORD, “I’ll rescue and deliver him from harm. Since he acknowledges my holy name, I will protect him with my mighty arm. 15 “He’ll call on me, and I will answer him; With him in time of trouble I will be. I will deliver him and honour him. 16 Long will he live, and my salvation see.”

Sing Psalms Psalm 85 "In times past, LORD, you showed favour to your own beloved land" tune: Hyfrydol Falkirk Free Church images: The Return of the Exiles, Elijah fed by ravens, Elijah on Carmel, Nehamiah's survey, Abraham and Isaac, Melkizedek, “king of righteousness” and “king of peace.” The images are only intended to provide resonances with some aspects of the psalm; they are not intended as a one-to-one correspondences. They are more like visual cross-references. PSALM 85 8 7 8 7 D 1 In times past, LORD, you showed favour to your own beloved land; The prosperity of Jacob you restored by your strong hand. 2 You forgave your people’s trespass; you were pleased their sins to hide. 3 You withdrew all your displeasure; from your wrath you turned aside. 4 God our Saviour, now restore us; from us turn away your rage. 5 Will your anger burn against us? Will it last from age to age? 6 Will you not again revive us, that we may rejoice in you? 7 Show us, LORD, your covenant mercy; your salvation grant anew. 8 I will hear what God the LORD says: to his saints he offers peace; But his people must not wander and return to foolishness. 9 Surely for all those who fear him his salvation is at hand, So that once again his glory may be seen within our land. 10 Love and truth have met together; righteousness and peace embrace. 11 Righteousness looks down from heaven; from the earth springs faithfulness. 12 What is good the LORD will give us, and our land its fruit will bear. 13 Righteousness will go before him and his royal way prepare.

It is highly recommended that you turn your captions/subtitles on. The speaker was Donald Macleod who was professor of systematic theology at the Free Church College - now Edinburgh Theological Seminary (ETS). Luke 14: 15-24. The parable of the great banquet There is a Lecture in the Faith on the topic of predestination. Predestination was also the subject of a sermon at the same communion season weekend that this sermon was preached and therefore is related to it. The speaker was Donald Macleod who was professor of systematic theology at the Free Church College - now Edinburgh Theological Seminary (ETS). Luke 14: 15-24. The parable of the great banquet There is a Lecture in the Faith on the topic of predestination. Predestination was also the subject of a sermon at the same communion season weekend that this sermon was preached and therefore is related to it.

Psalm 144 verses 1-8 then 15 of 15 tune: Warrington "All praise be given to the LORD, because he is a rock to me" Falkirk Free Church Version: Sing Psalms The images are only intended to provide resonances with some aspects of the psalm; they are not intended as a one-to-one correspondences. They are more like visual cross-references. images: King David Mount Sinai (Exodus 19-24) The seventh plague (Exodus 9) Some details of the LORD's temple built by Solomon PSALM 144 L.M. 1 All praise be given to the LORD, Because he is a rock to me; He trains my hands to fight in war, To battle with the enemy. 2 My fortress and my loving God, My saviour and defence is he; He is my refuge and my shield, Subduing peoples under me. 3 LORD, why should you take note of man? Why should you hold mankind so dear? 4 For they are like a fleeting breath; Their days like shadows disappear. 5 LORD, part your heavens and come down; So touch the mountains that they smoke! 6 Send lightning, rout your enemies; Shoot arrows, scatter all their folk. 7 Reach down your hand from heaven on high; From mighty waters rescue me. 8 Deliver me from foreign foes Who speak and act deceitfully. 9 To God a new song I will sing; I’ll play on lyre a pleasing chord. 10 For you give victory to kings; David you save from deadly sword. 11 Deliver me from hostile hands; From foreign forces rescue me. Their mouths are full of lying words; Their right hands work deceitfully. 12 Then will our sons, like nurtured plants, From early youth grow strong and tall; Our daughters fair as pillars carved To beautify a palace wall. 13 Our barns and stores will then be filled With harvests which our land will yield; Our sheep will multiply and grow By tens of thousands in the field. 14 Our oxen will draw heavy loads; Our walls will not be broken down. We’ll not be led away as slaves— No cry of anguish in our town. 15 How bless’d are all the folk of whom This is a true and faithful word! How bless’d the people who can say, “We have no God besides the LORD!”

Psalm 143 v1-8 tune: St John "O hear my prayer, LORD; My cry for mercy heed." Falkirk Free Church metre: 6 6 6 6 8 8 The images are only intended to provide resonances with some aspects of the psalm; they are not intended as a one-to-one correspondences. They are more like visual cross-references. image: The Three (2 Samuel 23 & 1 Chronicles 11) PSALM 143 6 6 6 6 8 8 1 O hear my prayer, LORD; My cry for mercy heed. In truth and righteousness Draw near to meet my need. 2 And do not judge me in your sight For in your presence none is right. 3 The foe has hounded me And crushed me to the ground, In darkness made me dwell, Like those in death long bound. 4 And so my spirit is afraid; My heart within me is dismayed. 5 Therefore I call to mind The days and years long gone; I ponder all your works And what your hands have done. 6 To you in prayer I spread my hands; For you I thirst, like arid lands. 7 My spirit fails, O LORD; Come quickly to my side. Hide not your face from me, Lest to the pit I slide. 8 Let morning bring your love anew, For I have put my trust in you. To you I lift my soul; Show me the way to go. 9 I hide myself in you; LORD, save me from my foe. 10 My God, teach me to do your will; May your good Spirit lead me still. 11 For your great mercy’s sake, O LORD, preserve my life; And in your righteousness Deliver me from strife. 12 In love, put all my foes to shame; Destroy them, for I bear your name.

Psalm 143 v6-8 tune: Heber "Lo, I do stretch my hands To thee, my help alone" Falkirk Free Church This is the second (6 6 6 6 D) version of psalm 143 from the Scottish Psalter. The images are only intended to provide resonances with some aspects of the psalm; they are not intended as a one-to-one correspondences. They are more like visual cross-references. image: The Three (2 Samuel 23 & 1 Chronicles 11) PSALM 143, second version 6 6 6 6 D 1 Oh, hear my prayer, LORD, And unto my desire To bow thine ear accord, I humbly thee require; And, in thy faithfulness, Unto me answer make, And, in thy righteousness, Upon me pity take. 2 In judgment enter not With me thy servant poor; For why, this well I wot, No sinner can endure The sight of thee, O God: If thou his deeds shalt try, He dare make none abode Himself to justify. 3 Behold, the cruel foe Me persecutes with spite, My soul to overthrow: Yea, he my life down quite Unto the ground hath smote, And made me dwell full low In darkness, as forgot, Or men dead long ago. 4 Therefore my spirit much vexed, O’erwhelmed is me within; My heart right sore perplexed And desolate hath been. 5 Yet I do call to mind What ancient days record, Thy works of ev’ry kind I think upon, O Lord. 6 Lo, I do stretch my hands To thee, my help alone; For thou well understands All my complaint and moan: My thirsting soul desires, And longeth after thee, As thirsty ground requires With rain refreshed to be. 7 LORD, let my pray’r prevail, To answer it make speed; For, lo, my spirit doth fail: Hide not thy face in need; Lest I be like to those That do in darkness sit, Or him that downward goes Into the dreadful pit. 8 Because I trust in thee, O Lord, cause me to hear Thy loving-kindness free, When morning doth appear: Cause me to know the way Wherein my path should be; For why, my soul on high I do lift up to thee. 9 From my fierce enemy In safety do me guide, Because I flee to thee, LORD, that thou may’st me hide. 10 My God alone art thou, Teach me thy righteousness: Thy Spirit ’s good, lead me to The land of uprightness. 11 O LORD, for thy name’s sake, Be pleased to quicken me; And, for thy truth, forth take My soul from misery. 12 And of thy grace destroy My foes, and put to shame All who my soul annoy; For I thy servant am.

Psalm 122 Scottish Psalter version to St Paul Falkirk Free Church images: based on The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia by David Roberts The phrasing is conflated at the end of verses 3 and 4. Ted Donnelly said he sang this psalm almost every Sunday before church for years and years. The Sermon Audio version of his sermon on this psalm is worth listening to. It's entitled "I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me, Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord". PSALM 122 C.M. 1 I joyed when to the house of GOD, Go up, they said to me. 2 Jerusalem, within thy gates our feet shall standing be. 3 Jerus’lem, as a city, is compactly built together: 4 Unto that place the tribes go up, the tribes of GOD go thither: To Isr’el’s testimony, there to GOD’s name thanks to pay. 5 For thrones of judgment, ev’n the thrones of David’s house, there stay. 6 Pray that Jerusalem may have peace and felicity: Let them that love thee and thy peace have still prosperity. 7 Therefore I wish that peace may still within thy walls remain, And ever may thy palaces prosperity retain. 8 Now, for my friends’ and brethren’s sakes, Peace be in thee, I’ll say. 9 And for the house of God our LORD, I’ll seek thy good alway.

Psalm 18: 20-30 of 50. Compare with 2 Samuel 22. 7 stanzas of 30 Sing Psalms version "According to my righteousness The LORD dealt with me faithfully" tune: Warrington Falkirk Free Church The image is only intended to provide resonances with some aspects of the psalm; it is not intended as a one-to-one correspondence. It is more like a visual cross-reference. image: William Brassey Hole - The capture of Jerusalem from the Jebusites. ( 2 Samuel 5 and 1 Chronicles 11) PSALM 18 L.M. 1 I love you, LORD! You are my strength. 2 A fortress is the LORD to me— My rock and my deliverer; For refuge to my God I flee. He is my stronghold and my shield, The LORD who saves me by his might. 3 I’ll call on him and give him praise. I’m saved; he puts my foes to flight. 4 The cords of death entangled me; Destruction hit me like a wave. 5 Encircled by the snares of death, I faced the terrors of the grave. 6 In my distress I called on God; I cried out to the LORD for aid. He from his temple heard my voice; He listened to the prayer I made. 7 The earth before God’s anger quaked; The mountains’ deep foundations shook. 8 Consuming fire blazed from his mouth, And from his nostrils came forth smoke. 9 The heavens parted, he came down; Beneath his feet the dark clouds lay. 10 Upon the cherubim he flew; On wings of wind he made his way. 11 He made the dark his canopy, Dark rain clouds swirling in the sky. 12 From brightness of his presence came Clouds, hail and lightning from on high. 13 The LORD Most High sent forth his voice; His thunder from the heavens pealed. 14 His arrows scattered all his foes; His lightning drove them from the field. 15 The valleys of the sea lay bare And earth’s foundations deep and vast, When your rebuke went forth, O LORD— The power of your nostrils’ blast. 16 From heav’n he reached to grasp my hand And lift me as the waters rose; 17 He saved me from my enemy, From all my overpowering foes. 18 They threatened me in my distress, But God stood by me in my plight. 19 He brought me out and set me free, Because in me he took delight. 20 According to my righteousness The LORD dealt with me faithfully; Because my hands were clean from sin, The LORD my God rewarded me. 21 For I have kept the ways of God; From him I have not turned away. 22 I have not strayed from his decrees; His statutes ever with me stay. 23 Before the LORD I’ve kept myself From blame and all transgression free. 24 Since in his sight my hands were clean, The LORD my God rewarded me. 25 With faithful people you keep faith, And to the blameless you are good. 26 With pure men you yourself are pure, But with the crooked you are shrewd. 27 You save the humble and the meek, But bring the proud down from their height. 28 You, LORD, will keep my lamp aflame; God turns my darkness into light. 29 With help from God I can advance Against a troop and rout them all, And with the aid my God will give I can leap over any wall. 30 For perfect is the way of God; No flaw is found within his word. To all who put their trust in him A shield and refuge is the LORD. 31 For who is God except the LORD? Besides our God, who is the Rock? 32 He is the God who gives me strength, And he perfects the path I walk. 33 He makes my feet like feet of deer; Upon the heights he makes me stand. 34 My arms can bend a bow of bronze; In skills of war he trains my hand. 35 Your right hand gives me victory; You stoop down low to make me great. 36 So that my footsteps do not trip You smooth the pathway for my feet. 37 I chased and overtook my foes; I did not turn till they were slain. 38 I crushed them all beneath my feet; They fell and could not rise again. 39 With strength you armed me for the fight; My foes you humbled at my feet. 40 You made them turn their backs in flight; And their destruction was complete. 41 They cried for help, but none could save; They cried to God—no answer came. 42 I beat them fine as wind-borne dust; Like wayside dirt I scattered them. 43 You set me over many lands; You saved me from my enemy. A people whom I did not know Are in subjection now to me. 44 The moment that they hear my voice They cringe before me and obey. 45 In fear they tremble and lose heart; They leave their strongholds in dismay. 46 The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! My Saviour God exalted be! 47 He has avenged me, and subdued Rebellious peoples under me. 48 You saved me from my enemies, Exalting me above my foes; You rescued me from violent men Who sought my kingdom to oppose. 49 Therefore among the nations, LORD, Your praise in song I will proclaim; Before the peoples of the world I’ll sing the glory of your name. 50 You give your king great victories; Your loving-kindness you will pour On David, your anointed one, And his descendants evermore.

Psalm 18: 29 Compare with 2 Samuel 22. Sing Psalms version "According to my righteousness The LORD dealt with me faithfully" tune: Warrington Falkirk Free Church The image is only intended to provide resonances with some aspects of the psalm; it is not intended as a one-to-one correspondence. It is more like a visual cross-reference. image: William Brassey Hole - The capture of Jerusalem from the Jebusites. ( 2 Samuel 5 and 1 Chronicles 11) PSALM 18 L.M. 1 I love you, LORD! You are my strength. 2 A fortress is the LORD to me— My rock and my deliverer; For refuge to my God I flee. He is my stronghold and my shield, The LORD who saves me by his might. 3 I’ll call on him and give him praise. I’m saved; he puts my foes to flight. 4 The cords of death entangled me; Destruction hit me like a wave. 5 Encircled by the snares of death, I faced the terrors of the grave. 6 In my distress I called on God; I cried out to the LORD for aid. He from his temple heard my voice; He listened to the prayer I made. 7 The earth before God’s anger quaked; The mountains’ deep foundations shook. 8 Consuming fire blazed from his mouth, And from his nostrils came forth smoke. 9 The heavens parted, he came down; Beneath his feet the dark clouds lay. 10 Upon the cherubim he flew; On wings of wind he made his way. 11 He made the dark his canopy, Dark rain clouds swirling in the sky. 12 From brightness of his presence came Clouds, hail and lightning from on high. 13 The LORD Most High sent forth his voice; His thunder from the heavens pealed. 14 His arrows scattered all his foes; His lightning drove them from the field. 15 The valleys of the sea lay bare And earth’s foundations deep and vast, When your rebuke went forth, O LORD— The power of your nostrils’ blast. 16 From heav’n he reached to grasp my hand And lift me as the waters rose; 17 He saved me from my enemy, From all my overpowering foes. 18 They threatened me in my distress, But God stood by me in my plight. 19 He brought me out and set me free, Because in me he took delight. 20 According to my righteousness The LORD dealt with me faithfully; Because my hands were clean from sin, The LORD my God rewarded me. 21 For I have kept the ways of God; From him I have not turned away. 22 I have not strayed from his decrees; His statutes ever with me stay. 23 Before the LORD I’ve kept myself From blame and all transgression free. 24 Since in his sight my hands were clean, The LORD my God rewarded me. 25 With faithful people you keep faith, And to the blameless you are good. 26 With pure men you yourself are pure, But with the crooked you are shrewd. 27 You save the humble and the meek, But bring the proud down from their height. 28 You, LORD, will keep my lamp aflame; God turns my darkness into light. 29 With help from God I can advance Against a troop and rout them all, And with the aid my God will give I can leap over any wall. 30 For perfect is the way of God; No flaw is found within his word. To all who put their trust in him A shield and refuge is the LORD. 31 For who is God except the LORD? Besides our God, who is the Rock? 32 He is the God who gives me strength, And he perfects the path I walk. 33 He makes my feet like feet of deer; Upon the heights he makes me stand. 34 My arms can bend a bow of bronze; In skills of war he trains my hand. 35 Your right hand gives me victory; You stoop down low to make me great. 36 So that my footsteps do not trip You smooth the pathway for my feet. 37 I chased and overtook my foes; I did not turn till they were slain. 38 I crushed them all beneath my feet; They fell and could not rise again. 39 With strength you armed me for the fight; My foes you humbled at my feet. 40 You made them turn their backs in flight; And their destruction was complete. 41 They cried for help, but none could save; They cried to God—no answer came. 42 I beat them fine as wind-borne dust; Like wayside dirt I scattered them. 43 You set me over many lands; You saved me from my enemy. A people whom I did not know Are in subjection now to me. 44 The moment that they hear my voice They cringe before me and obey. 45 In fear they tremble and lose heart; They leave their strongholds in dismay. 46 The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! My Saviour God exalted be! 47 He has avenged me, and subdued Rebellious peoples under me. 48 You saved me from my enemies, Exalting me above my foes; You rescued me from violent men Who sought my kingdom to oppose. 49 Therefore among the nations, LORD, Your praise in song I will proclaim; Before the peoples of the world I’ll sing the glory of your name. 50 You give your king great victories; Your loving-kindness you will pour On David, your anointed one, And his descendants evermore.

Psalm 102 “But you, O LORD, are set for ever on your throne" Tune: St John Falkirk Free Church The images are only intended to provide resonances with some aspects of the psalm; they are not intended as a one-to-one correspondence. image: John sees the holy city (Revelation 21-22) Revelation 21: 1-4 I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. 2 I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. 3 I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.” Verses 25-27 are quoted in Hebrews 1: 12. PSALM 102 6 6 6 6 8 8 1 LORD, listen to my prayer, And hear my cry for aid. 2 Hide not your face from me, For I am so afraid. Incline your ear to me in need; And, when I call, be swift to heed. 3 Like smoke my days are gone; My bones are burned away. 4 My appetite is lost; My heart is parched like hay. 5 Because of my incessant groans I am no more than skin and bones. 6 I’m like a desert owl, An owl midst tumbled stone, 7 Or bird upon a roof— I lie awake, alone. 8 My foes revile me all day long; My haters mock my name in song. 9 For ashes are my food; I weep incessantly 10 Because in your great wrath You have abandoned me. 11 My days like evening shadows pass; I wither like the sun-dried grass. 12 But you, O LORD, are set For ever on your throne; Through each succeeding age Endures your great renown. 13 You will arise in mighty power; On Zion mercy you will shower. The set time now has come To bless Jerusalem. 14 Her stones your saints hold dear; Her dust is mourned by them. 15 Nations will fear your name, O LORD; All kings on earth your praise record. 16 For God will yet appear In glorious might to reign; The LORD in grace will build Jerusalem again. 17 The prayers of the poor he’ll heed; He will not spurn their cry of need. 18 Let this be written down To teach a future race, So people yet unborn May magnify his grace: 19 That from his holy place above The LORD looked down in tender love. From heav’n he viewed the earth Observing all mankind, 20 To hear the groans of those In prison cells confined, And to deliver from on high A multitude condemned to die. 21 In Zion will be praised The LORD’s exalted name; His praises will be sung Within Jerusalem, 22 When peoples and their kingdoms throng To serve the LORD with cheerful song. 23 He took my strength away By his almighty power; He shortened grievously My life’s allotted hour. 24 I said, “O take me not away, My God, at noontide of my day. “Your days and years go on Through every age of man. 25 The earth’s foundation strong You laid when time began. The heavens came at your command, Created by your mighty hand. 26 “The earth and heavens will fail, But you alone remain. Like garments they will age, While you on high will reign. Like clothing you will change them all; Like clothes discarded they will fall. 27 “But you endure always; Your years will never cease. 28 Your servants’ children too Will know your reign of peace. Their offspring, their succeeding race, Will ever stand before your face.”

It is highly recommended that you turn your captions/subtitles on. For a more on the same passage see the 2002-2003 Lectures in the Faith which were Studies in Genesis. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLieNTYk3WrzpsvC_UdhqaNdyVOatl2w0T The speaker here was Donald Macleod. This lecture was transcribed and formed the basis of a chapter in his book: A Faith to Live By. There was sibilance on the original tape recording. References 1. Francis Schaeffer, Genesis in Space and Time, London, 1972, p. 34. 2. Hugh Miller, The Testimony of the Rocks, Edinburgh, 1857, pp. 134 ff. 3. W.G.T. Shedd, Dogmatic Theology, 1888. Vol. 1, p. 474. 4. Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology, London and Edinburgh, 1871, Vol. 1, p. 571. Hodge, Darwinism, London and Edinburgh, 1874. 5. Gordon Wenham Genesis 1‑I5, Word Biblical Commentary, Waco, Texas, 1987, pp. 5ff 6. Paul H. Seely, `The Firmament and the Water Above' in the Westminster Theological Journal, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 31 ff. 7. op cit, p. 11. 8. John Whitcomb and Henry Morris, The Genesis Flood, London, 1961. 9. Hugh Miller, The Testimony of the Rocks, pp. 267ff., 383ff.

PSALM 47 L.M. 1 All nations, clap your hands and shout! Let joyful cries to God ring out! 2 How awesome is the LORD Most High, Great King who rules the earth throughout! 3 He has subdued beneath our feet The nations who had been our foes. 4 In blessing Jacob, whom he loved, A heritage for us he chose. 5 God has gone up with shouts of joy, The LORD amid the trumpets’ sound. 6 Sing praise, sing praise to God Most High; To God our King let praise abound. 7 For God is King of all the earth; Sing psalms of praise to him alone. 8 God rules the nations from on high; He sits upon his holy throne. 9 The leaders of the nations come To yield themselves to Abr’ham’s God. To him belong the shields of earth; Exalted greatly is the LORD!

Psalm 47 "All nations, clap your hand and shout!" tune: Walton Sing Psalms Falkirk Free Church image: William Brassey Hole - David bringing ark into Jerusalem. 2 Samuel 6 & 1 Chronicles chapters 13-16 The image is only intended to provide resonances with some aspects of the psalm; it is not intended as a one-to-one correspondence. John L. Mackay on the phrase "Great king over all the earth" https://youtu.be/vE1UiOETDDI This psalm and Psalm 105 are the only two, I think, which mention Abraham directly. PSALM 47 L.M. 1 All nations, clap your hands and shout! Let joyful cries to God ring out! 2 How awesome is the LORD Most High, Great King who rules the earth throughout! 3 He has subdued beneath our feet The nations who had been our foes. 4 In blessing Jacob, whom he loved, A heritage for us he chose. 5 God has gone up with shouts of joy, The LORD amid the trumpets’ sound. 6 Sing praise, sing praise to God Most High; To God our King let praise abound. 7 For God is King of all the earth; Sing psalms of praise to him alone. 8 God rules the nations from on high; He sits upon his holy throne. 9 The leaders of the nations come To yield themselves to Abr’ham’s God. To him belong the shields of earth; Exalted greatly is the LORD!

PSALM 126 C.M. 1 When Zion’s fortunes God restored, it was a dream come true. 2 Our mouths were then with laughter filled, our tongues with songs anew. The nations said, “The LORD has done great things for Israel.” 3 The LORD did mighty things for us, and joy our hearts knew well. 4 Restore our fortunes, gracious LORD, like streams in desert soil. 5 A joyful harvest will reward the weeping sower’s toil. 6 The man who, bearing seed to sow, goes out with tears of grief, Will come again with songs of joy, bearing his harvest sheaf.

PSALM 126 C.M. 1 When Zion’s fortunes God restored, it was a dream come true. 2 Our mouths were then with laughter filled, our tongues with songs anew. The nations said, “The LORD has done great things for Israel.” 3 The LORD did mighty things for us, and joy our hearts knew well. 4 Restore our fortunes, gracious LORD, like streams in desert soil. 5 A joyful harvest will reward the weeping sower’s toil. 6 The man who, bearing seed to sow, goes out with tears of grief, Will come again with songs of joy, bearing his harvest sheaf.