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Psalm 139 Sing Psalms version - "O LORD, you have examined me, you know me through and through." tune: Wetherby 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. images: William Brassey Hole - Samuel anointing David (1 Samuel 16) William Brassey Hole - David spares Saul's life (1 Samuel 24-28) James Tissot - The Cock Crowed William Brassey Hole - Nathan the prophet denounces the sin of David (2 Samuel 12) William Brassey Hole - The Sorrow of King David (2 Samuel 12) Jonah flees Jonah below the deck PSALM 139 (a) C.M. 1 O LORD, you have examined me, you know me through and through. 2 My sitting, rising—all my thoughts afar are known to you. 3 My going out and lying down are plain before your view. 4 Before I speak a word, O LORD, it is well known to you. 5 You hem me in—behind, before; you lay on me your hand. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful, too high to understand. 7 Where can I from your Spirit flee or from your presence go? 8 If to the heavens, you are there, or in the depths below. 9 If I should take the wings of dawn and dwell beyond the sea, 10 There also you would be my guide, your right hand holding me. 11 If I should say, “Surely the dark will hide me from your sight, When all the light surrounding me becomes as dark as night”— 12 Yet even darkness is not dark to you in any way; For darkness is as light to you, the night will shine like day. 13 For you, O LORD, created me; you wove me on your loom. My inmost being you have formed within my mother’s womb. 14 Because I’m wonderfully made, with awe your praise I tell; Your workmanship is marvellous, and this I know full well. 15 When in the secret place my frame was made before my birth, You saw my body yet unformed within the depths of earth. 16 And all the days that I should live, which you ordained for me, Were written in your book, O LORD, before they came to be. 17 O God, how precious are your thoughts! I scan them from afar; And as I seek to grasp them all, how numberless they are! 18 Were I to count them, they would be more than the grains of sand. When I awake, I am with you, still safe within your hand. 19 May God destroy all wicked men! Away, you men of blood! 20 Your foes, with evil in their hearts, misuse your name, O God. 21 Do I not hate all those, O LORD, who your great name oppose? 22 I cannot but abhor them all; I count them as my foes. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; my anxious thoughts survey. 24 Show me what gives offence to you, and lead me in your way.

Psalm 139 Sing Psalms version - "O LORD, you have examined me, you know me through and through." tune: Salzburg 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. images: William Brassey Hole - Samuel anointing David (1 Samuel 16) William Brassey Hole - David spares Saul's life (1 Samuel 24-28) James Tissot - The Cock Crowed William Brassey Hole - Nathan the prophet denounces the sin of David (2 Samuel 12) William Brassey Hole - The Sorrow of King David (2 Samuel 12) Jonah flees Jonah below the deck PSALM 139 (a) C.M. 1 O LORD, you have examined me, you know me through and through. 2 My sitting, rising—all my thoughts afar are known to you. 3 My going out and lying down are plain before your view. 4 Before I speak a word, O LORD, it is well known to you. 5 You hem me in—behind, before; you lay on me your hand. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful, too high to understand. 7 Where can I from your Spirit flee or from your presence go? 8 If to the heavens, you are there, or in the depths below. 9 If I should take the wings of dawn and dwell beyond the sea, 10 There also you would be my guide, your right hand holding me. 11 If I should say, “Surely the dark will hide me from your sight, When all the light surrounding me becomes as dark as night”— 12 Yet even darkness is not dark to you in any way; For darkness is as light to you, the night will shine like day. 13 For you, O LORD, created me; you wove me on your loom. My inmost being you have formed within my mother’s womb. 14 Because I’m wonderfully made, with awe your praise I tell; Your workmanship is marvellous, and this I know full well. 15 When in the secret place my frame was made before my birth, You saw my body yet unformed within the depths of earth. 16 And all the days that I should live, which you ordained for me, Were written in your book, O LORD, before they came to be. 17 O God, how precious are your thoughts! I scan them from afar; And as I seek to grasp them all, how numberless they are! 18 Were I to count them, they would be more than the grains of sand. When I awake, I am with you, still safe within your hand. 19 May God destroy all wicked men! Away, you men of blood! 20 Your foes, with evil in their hearts, misuse your name, O God. 21 Do I not hate all those, O LORD, who your great name oppose? 22 I cannot but abhor them all; I count them as my foes. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; my anxious thoughts survey. 24 Show me what gives offence to you, and lead me in your way.

Psalm 139 Sing Psalms version - ""For you, O LORD, created me; you wove me on your loom." 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. images: William Brassey Hole - Samuel anointing David (1 Samuel 16) William Brassey Hole - David spares Saul's life (1 Samuel 24-28) James Tissot - The Cock Crowed William Brassey Hole - Nathan the prophet denounces the sin of David (2 Samuel 12) William Brassey Hole - The Sorrow of King David (2 Samuel 12) Jonah flees Jonah below the deck PSALM 139 (a) C.M. 1 O LORD, you have examined me, you know me through and through. 2 My sitting, rising—all my thoughts afar are known to you. 3 My going out and lying down are plain before your view. 4 Before I speak a word, O LORD, it is well known to you. 5 You hem me in—behind, before; you lay on me your hand. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful, too high to understand. 7 Where can I from your Spirit flee or from your presence go? 8 If to the heavens, you are there, or in the depths below. 9 If I should take the wings of dawn and dwell beyond the sea, 10 There also you would be my guide, your right hand holding me. 11 If I should say, “Surely the dark will hide me from your sight, When all the light surrounding me becomes as dark as night”— 12 Yet even darkness is not dark to you in any way; For darkness is as light to you, the night will shine like day. 13 For you, O LORD, created me; you wove me on your loom. My inmost being you have formed within my mother’s womb. 14 Because I’m wonderfully made, with awe your praise I tell; Your workmanship is marvellous, and this I know full well. 15 When in the secret place my frame was made before my birth, You saw my body yet unformed within the depths of earth. 16 And all the days that I should live, which you ordained for me, Were written in your book, O LORD, before they came to be. 17 O God, how precious are your thoughts! I scan them from afar; And as I seek to grasp them all, how numberless they are! 18 Were I to count them, they would be more than the grains of sand. When I awake, I am with you, still safe within your hand. 19 May God destroy all wicked men! Away, you men of blood! 20 Your foes, with evil in their hearts, misuse your name, O God. 21 Do I not hate all those, O LORD, who your great name oppose? 22 I cannot but abhor them all; I count them as my foes. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; my anxious thoughts survey. 24 Show me what gives offence to you, and lead me in your way.

Psalm 65 v1-5 "In Zion praise awaits you Lord" Sing Psalms version Tune: Denfield. PSALM 65 C.M. 1 In Zion praise awaits you, Lord; to you our vows we’ll pay. 2 To you all people will come near; you hear us when we pray. 3 When we were overwhelmed by sins, and guilt upon us lay, You pardoned all our trespasses and washed our guilt away. 4 How blessed are those you choose, and bring within your courts of grace! We’re filled with blessings in your house, in your most holy place. 5 With awesome deeds of righteousness you answer us, O God, Our Saviour, hope of farthest seas and all the earth abroad. 6 By strength and power you formed the hills. 7 You hushed the oceans’ voice; You calmed the tumult of their waves and stilled the peoples’ noise. 8 Those who inhabit distant lands with awe regard your ways; Where morning dawns and evening fades, you call forth songs of praise. 9 You tend the land and water it; you make it rich and good. As you ordained, your streams are full to give the people food. 10 You drench the furrows of the land; you level off the ground. You soften it with showers of rain and make its crops abound. 11 You crown the year with fruitfulness; your harvests overflow. 12 The grassland flourishes again; the hills with gladness glow. 13 The pastures green with flocks are clothed, the meadows covering. The valleys deck themselves with corn; they shout for joy and sing.

Sing Psalms version Psalm 80 v1-7 of 19 "Hear, O Israel’s Shepherd, hear us; Joseph like a flock you lead." Tune: Stuttgart 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: Israel's blessing on Joseph (Genesis 48) Benjamin (son of the right hand) should be the central name in verse 2. Sing Psalms has the order re-arranged to make it easier to sing. Some commentators mention a correspondence between this psalm and psalm 60. PSALM 80 (a) 8 7 8 7 1 Hear, O Israel’s Shepherd, hear us; Joseph like a flock you lead. You who are enthroned in glory, shine upon us in our need. 2 Shine on Benjamin, Manasseh, and for Ephraim rouse your might! 3 Turn us once again towards you; come and save us, give us light! 4 O LORD God, the Lord Almighty, how long will your anger smoke, Making void your people’s prayers, so that all your enemies mock? 5 You have fed us bread of sorrow; tears in plenty we must shed. 6 We are now before our neighbours humbled and discredited. 7 Look on us, O God Almighty; let us see your glory bright. Turn us once again towards you; come and save us, give us light! 8 Once you brought a vine from Egypt, drove out kings with mighty hand, 9 Set the vine in ground made ready; it took root and filled the land. 10 So its branches clothed the mountains, shading every cedar tree, 11 Spreading from the great Euphrates to the mighty western Sea. 12 Why did you break down its fences, so that all may pluck its fruit? 13 Creatures of the field devour it; wild boars tear it from the root. 14 Turn to us, O God Almighty, look and see from heaven above! 15 Tend this vine your hand has planted and the son you raised in love. 16 See your vine cut down and withered, and its branches burned with fire; Your rebuke has crushed your people, and they perish in your ire. 17 Let your hand be placed in blessing on the man at your right hand— On the son of man you’ve chosen, whom alone you caused to stand. 18 Then we will not wander from you, turning from you to our shame. Strengthen us, revive and heal us; then we’ll call upon your name. 19 Look on us, LORD God Almighty; let us see your glory bright. Turn us once again towards you; come and save us, give us light!

#shorts Scottish Psalter Psalm 51 verses 2 to 4. tune: St Kilda The images are only intended to provide resonances with some aspects of the psalm; they are not intended as a one-to-one correspondences. images: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld - Nathan the prophet renounces the sin of David (2 Samuel 11-12) PSALM 51 C.M. 1 After thy loving-kindness, Lord, have mercy upon me: For thy compassions great, blot out all mine iniquity. 2 Me cleanse from sin, and throughly wash from mine iniquity: 3 For my transgressions I confess; my sin I ever see. 4 ’Gainst thee, thee only, have I sinned, in thy sight done this ill; That when thou speak’st thou may’st be just, and clear in judging still. 5 Behold, I in iniquity was formed the womb within; My mother also me conceived in guiltiness and sin. 6 Behold, thou in the inward parts with truth delighted art; And wisdom thou shalt make me know within the hidden part. 7 Do thou with hyssop sprinkle me, I shall be cleansèd so; Yea, wash thou me, and then I shall be whiter than the snow. 8 Of gladness and of joyfulness make me to hear the voice; That so these very bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 9 All mine iniquities blot out, thy face hide from my sin. 10 Create a clean heart, Lord, renew a right spirit me within. 11 Cast me not from thy sight, nor take thy Holy Spirit away. 12 Restore me thy salvation’s joy; with thy free Spirit me stay. 13 Then will I teach thy ways unto those that transgressors be; And those that sinners are shall then be turnèd unto thee. 14 O God, of my salvation God, me from blood-guiltiness Set free; then shall my tongue aloud sing of thy righteousness. 15 My closèd lips, O Lord, by thee let them be openèd; Then shall thy praises by my mouth abroad be publishèd. 16 For thou desir’st not sacrifice, else would I give it thee; Nor wilt thou with burnt-offering at all delighted be. 17 A broken spirit is to God a pleasing sacrifice: A broken and a contrite heart, Lord, thou wilt not despise. 18 Show kindness, and do good, O Lord, to Zion, thine own hill: The walls of thy Jerusalem build up of thy good will. 19 Then righteous off’rings shall thee please, and off’rings burnt, which they With whole burnt-off’rings, and with calves, shall on thine altar lay.

#shorts #psalmsproject #praise Sing Psalms Psalm 71 v1-2 "In you, O LORD, I’ve taken refuge" Tune: St Clement 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: Shimei son of Gera cursing King David as he approached Bahurim (2 Samuel 16) PSALM 71 9 8 9 8 1 In you, O LORD, I’ve taken refuge; protect me ever from disgrace. 2 Rescue and save me in your justice; turn to me as I seek your face. 3 Be my strong rock and my sure refuge to which I always may resort; Give the command to help and save me, because you are my rock and fort. 4 From wicked hands, my God, O save me, from cruel hands of violence. 5 For, Sov’reign LORD, you’ve been my refuge and since my youth my confidence. 6 From birth I have relied upon you; you are the guide of all my ways. Out of my mother’s womb you brought me; to you I ever will give praise. 7 To many I’m a cause of wonder, but you are still my refuge strong. 8 My mouth is filled with adoration, praising your splendour all day long. 9 When I am old, do not desert me, or leave me when my strength is gone. 10 For my opponents speak against me, conspiring how to bring me down. 11 They say of me, “His God has left him; this man is helpless and alone. Pursue and take him in his weakness; seize him, for helper he has none.” 12 But, O my God, be not far from me; hasten to help me in your grace. 13 In shame may my accusers perish, my foes be covered with disgrace. 14 But as for me, my hope is steadfast, and more and more your name I’ll bless. 15 I’ll show your measureless salvation, and all day long your righteousness. 16 I will proclaim your acts, O Lord GOD— your righteousness, yes, yours alone. 17 For since my youth, O God, you’ve taught me, and still your wonders I make known. 18 And now, my God, do not forsake me when old and grey I have become, Till I declare your might and power, to generations yet to come. 19 Your justice reaches to the heavens; who is like you, O God, in strength? 20 Though you have shown me many troubles, you will restore my soul at length. From the deep places of earth’s darkness you will bring up my life once more. 21 You will increase your servant’s honour, my comfort once again restore. 22 O God, your faithfulness towards me with sound of harp I’ll gladly tell; To you with lyre I will sing praises, O Holy One of Israel. 23 My lips will shout with joy; I’ll praise you and I’ll extol your faithfulness, When you have rescued and redeemed me from every trouble and distress. 24 All day my tongue will tell the story, as I your righteous acts proclaim, For everyone who wished to harm me has been disgraced and put to shame.

#shorts Sing Psalms Psalm 130 Sing Psalms version - "LORD, from the depths I call to you" tune: Martyrs 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. The image is taken from Daniel 6. Matthew Henry in his commentary on Psalm 130 mentions Daniel, Jonah and Jeremiah. PSALM 130 C.M. 1 LORD, from the depths I call to you; 2 Lord, hear me from on high And give attention to my voice when I for mercy cry. 3 LORD, in your presence who can stand, if you our sins record? 4 But yet forgiveness is with you, that we may fear you, LORD. 5 I wait—my soul waits—for the LORD; my hope is in his word. 6 More than the watchman waits for dawn my soul waits for the Lord. 7 O Isr’el, put your hope in God, for mercy is with him 8 And full redemption. From their sins his people he’ll redeem.

#shorts Sing Psalms Psalm 141 “Keep watch, LORD, on my mouth and guard my lips, I pray" Tune: Selma 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. images: Isaiah in the temple (Isaiah 6) PSALM 141 S.M. 1 O LORD, I call to you. Come quickly! I’m in need! And, when I cry to you for help, to my appeal give heed. 2 Like incense may my prayer before your face arise— The raising of my hands be like the evening sacrifice. 3 Keep watch, LORD, on my mouth and guard my lips, I pray; 4 Let not my heart to evil thoughts be drawn and led astray. Keep me from taking part in what the evil do; Let me not taste their choicest food, lest I be false to you. 5 A righteous friend’s rebuke will be a soothing balm; Such blows, in kindness aimed at me, will never do me harm. Against the wicked’s deeds I make my constant prayer; 6 Their rulers will be thrown from cliffs, and they will perish there. The wicked then will know my words were spoken well. 7 Like ground that’s ploughed, their bones are strewn before the mouth of hell. 8 But now, O Sovereign LORD, on you I fix my gaze; Do not deliver me to death— you are my help always. 9 Protect me from the traps the wicked set for me, 10 And let them be ensnared themselves, while I instead go free.

#shorts Tune: Regent Square Sing Psalms "Praise the LORD, O all you nations; all you peoples, sing his praise." Psalm 117 Falkirk Free Church images: Solomon's temple It is possible to sing this as a "call and response" with one group singing each alternate line. This Psalm is part of Book Five of the Psalms which run from 107 to 150. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLieNTYk3WrzoFeXFTEuUFOUKIC7O3F-6L PSALM 117 metre: 8 7 8 7 8 7 1 Praise the LORD, O all you nations; all you peoples, sing his praise. 2 For his love is great towards us; his commitment lasts always. He is faithful now and ever. Hallelujah! Praise the LORD!

#shorts Sing Psalms version Psalm 103: 13-14 "As far as east is from the west, So far his love has borne away Our many sins and trespasses And all the guilt that on us lay." Tune: Duke St 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 correspondences. It is more like a visual cross-references. images: Abraham and Isaac (Genesis 22) This is taken from Psalm 103 which is part of Book 4 of the Psalms which includes Psalms 90-106 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLieNTYk3WrzrGtTahIYPw0EjPyZOwKDUL PSALM 103 D.L.M. 1 Praise God, my soul! With all my heart Let me exalt his holy name. 2 Forget not all his benefits; His praise, my soul, in song proclaim. 3 The LORD forgives you all your sins, And heals your sickness and distress; 4 Your life he rescues from the grave, And crowns you in his tenderness. 5 He satisfies your deep desires From his unending stores of good, So that, just like the eagle’s strength, Your youthful vigour is renewed. 6 The LORD is known for righteous acts And justice to downtrodden ones. 7 To Moses he made known his ways, His mighty deeds to Israel’s sons. 8 The LORD is merciful and kind, To anger slow, and full of grace. 9 He will not constantly reprove, Or in his anger hide his face. 10 He does not punish our misdeeds, Or give our sins their just reward. 11 How great his love—as high as heaven— Towards all those who fear the LORD! 12 As far as east is from the west, So far his love has borne away Our many sins and trespasses And all the guilt that on us lay. 13 Just as a father loves his child, So God loves those who fear his name. 14 For he remembers we are dust, And well he knows our feeble frame. 15 Each human life is like the grass, And like a meadow flower it grows. 16 Its place will never be recalled Once over it the tempest blows. 17 But everlasting is God’s love For those who fear him, and their seed— 18 For those who keep his covenant, And carefully his precepts heed. 19 God’s kingly rule is over all; In heavèn he has set his throne. 20 O you his angels, praise the LORD, Strong ones by whom his will is done. 21 O praise the LORD, you heavenly hosts, His servants who perform his word. 22 Praise God, his works throughout his realm, And you, my soul, O praise the LORD!

Sing Psalms version Psalm 103 "Praise God, my soul! With all my heart Let me exalt his holy name." Tune: Duke St Falkirk Free Church This is three recordings hacked together. The 2nd starts at verse 10 and the 3rd at verse 15. 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: The Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16) PSALM 103 D.L.M. 1 Praise God, my soul! With all my heart Let me exalt his holy name. 2 Forget not all his benefits; His praise, my soul, in song proclaim. 3 The LORD forgives you all your sins, And heals your sickness and distress; 4 Your life he rescues from the grave, And crowns you in his tenderness. 5 He satisfies your deep desires From his unending stores of good, So that, just like the eagle’s strength, Your youthful vigour is renewed. 6 The LORD is known for righteous acts And justice to downtrodden ones. 7 To Moses he made known his ways, His mighty deeds to Israel’s sons. 8 The LORD is merciful and kind, To anger slow, and full of grace. 9 He will not constantly reprove, Or in his anger hide his face. 10 He does not punish our misdeeds, Or give our sins their just reward. 11 How great his love—as high as heaven— Towards all those who fear the LORD! 12 As far as east is from the west, So far his love has borne away Our many sins and trespasses And all the guilt that on us lay. 13 Just as a father loves his child, So God loves those who fear his name. 14 For he remembers we are dust, And well he knows our feeble frame. 15 Each human life is like the grass, And like a meadow flower it grows. 16 Its place will never be recalled Once over it the tempest blows. 17 But everlasting is God’s love For those who fear him, and their seed— 18 For those who keep his covenant, And carefully his precepts heed. 19 God’s kingly rule is over all; In heavèn he has set his throne. 20 O you his angels, praise the LORD, Strong ones by whom his will is done. 21 O praise the LORD, you heavenly hosts, His servants who perform his word. 22 Praise God, his works throughout his realm, And you, my soul, O praise the LORD!

Sing Psalms "Praise the LORD, O all you nations; all you peoples, sing his praise." Tune: Regent Square Psalm 117 Falkirk Free Church images: Solomon's temple It is possible to sing this as a "call and response" with one group singing the white text and the other singing the blue. PSALM 117 8 7 8 7 8 7 1 Praise the LORD, O all you nations; all you peoples, sing his praise. 2 For his love is great towards us; his commitment lasts always. He is faithful now and ever. Hallelujah! Praise the LORD!

Psalm 145 v1-14 tune: Eventide "I will exalt you, O my God and King; For ever I will praise your holy name." Falkirk Free Church Sing Psalms In the original Hebrew each begins with a different letter although there is no verse beginning with the letter nun נ. It is the last of the nine acrostic Psalms the others being Psalms 9, 10, 25, 34, 37, 111, 112, and 119. image: Lawrie Cate, Open Torah scroll PSALM 145 10 10 10 10 1 I will exalt you, O my God and King; For ever I will praise your holy name. 2 I will extol your name for evermore; Day after day your praise I will proclaim. 3 Great is the LORD, most worthy of all praise; His greatness none can search or comprehend. 4 Each generation will recount your deeds And to the next your mighty acts commend. 5-6 They praise the splendour of your majesty, The power of the works that you have done. I too will meditate upon your deeds, And your majestic acts I will make known. 7 They will rejoice in your benevolence, And your abundant grace they’ll celebrate; The righteousness that you have shown to them In praise and joyful song they will relate. 8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate; He’s slow to anger, rich in steadfast love. 9 The LORD is good to all that he has made, And merciful to all on earth that move. 10 All you have made will give you praise, O LORD; Your saints will all unite to bless your name. 11 The glory of your reign they will declare, And your surpassing might they will proclaim. 12 Thus all will hear about your mighty acts And know the glorious splendour of your reign. 13 Your kingdom will endure for evermore; For all time your dominion will remain. The LORD is faithful to his promises; To all that he has made his love is shown. 14 The LORD himself upholds all those who fall And lifts up everyone who is bowed down. 15 All eyes are raised expectantly to you, And in due season you supply their food. 16 You open wide your hand to all that live And satisfy their needs with what is good. 17 The LORD is just and good in all his ways; He shows his love to all that he has made. 18 The LORD is near to all who call on him, To all who call in truth to him for aid. 19 The hopes of those who fear him he fulfils; He hears their cry and saves them from distress. 20 The LORD protects all those who love his name, But slays all those who practise wickedness. 21 My lips will frame a psalm of thanks to God; My mouth will speak for ever in his praise. Let every creature magnify the LORD, And praise his holy name now and always.

Psalm 77 v11-15 of 20 "I will recall the LORD’s great deeds" Tune: Belmont Sing Psalms Falkirk Free Church image: The Hosts of Pharoah Engulfed by the Red Sea by Jacob Willemsz. de Wet (c.1610-c.1671) PSALM 77 C.M. 1 I cried aloud to God for help; I prayed that God would hear. 2 When I was plunged in deep distress, I sought the Lord in prayer. At night I stretched untiring hands, relief my soul refused. 3 Rememb’ring you, O God, I groaned with longing as I mused. 4 In my distress I could not speak; from sleep you kept my eye. 5 I thought about the former days, the years which have gone by. 6 Throughout the watches of the night my songs I called to mind. I pondered deeply, while my heart an answer tried to find: 7 “For ever will the Lord reject and never show his grace? 8 Has he withdrawn his steadfast love and turned from me his face? “For all time has his promise failed? 9 Is God no longer kind? Has he in his great wrath dismissed compassion from his mind?” 10 Then to my heart there came this thought: “On this I will rely— The years of the right hand of power of him who is Most High.” 11 I will recall the LORD’s great deeds— your works of long ago. 12 I’ll meditate on all your acts; your mighty deeds I’ll show. 13 O God, most holy are your ways. What god compares with you? 14 You are the God of miracles, whose power the nations view. 15 You have redeemed your people, Lord, with your almighty arm; Jacob’s and Joseph’s children you delivered from all harm. 16 The waters saw you, O my God; they saw and writhed in pain. The very depths became convulsed; 17 the clouds poured down their rain. The thunder rolled across the skies as lightning bolts were hurled. 18 Your thunder in the wind was heard; your lightning lit the world. The whole earth trembled then and quaked. 19 Your path was through the sea. Your way through mighty waters led; your footprints none could see. 20 Your people, like a flock of sheep, you guided every day; By Moses’ and by Aaron’s hand you led them on the way.

Sing Psalms Psalm 10 v12-18 of 18 "O LORD, why do you stand remote and stay so far away?" tune: Kilmarnock. Falkirk Free Church This psalm is an acrostic poem in the Hebrew Alphabet. It is one of the nine acrostic Psalms the others being Psalms 9, 25, 34, 37, 111, 112, 119, and 145. Some consider this, along with psalm 9 to be a single unit for several reasons not least because the acrostic lettering continues from Psalm 9 into Psalm 10 at the point where Psalm 9 left off. image: Lawrie Cate, Open Torah scroll I'm not sure if I've cut and pasted the Hebrew is correctly; if not it will probably give someone a wee chuckle. PSALM 10 C.M. 1 O LORD, why do you stand remote and stay so far away? Why do you hide yourself from us when trouble comes our way? 2 The wicked in his arrogance hunts down the weak and poor, Who in the snares that he has set are caught and held secure. 3 About the cravings of his heart he speaks with boastful word; He praises people filled with greed while he reviles the LORD. 4 The wicked does not seek the LORD because he is so proud, And in his inmost thoughts there is no room at all for God. 5 His ways are always prosperous; he strikes a haughty pose. He keeps his distance from your laws; he sneers at all his foes. 6 He reassures himself and says, “No threat will topple me— I will be happy evermore; from trouble I’ll be free.” 7 The wicked’s mouth is always full of curses, threats and lies; Evil and trouble from his tongue continually arise. 8 He lies in wait near villages his victims’ blood to spill; He lurks in secret ambushes the innocent to kill. 9 Like lions crouching secretly he waits for helpless prey. He pounces on the weak and poor; his net drags them away. 10 His victims by his strength are crushed; his prey collapse and fall. 11 He thinks, “God does not notice it; he does not see at all.” 12 Arise, LORD God, lift up your hand; do not forget the poor. 13 Why does the wicked say of God, “My conduct he’ll ignore”? 14 But you, O God, do see such wrong and you will bring redress. The victim puts his trust in you; you help the fatherless. 15 LORD, break the wicked person’s power and call him to account For all the evil which he thought would never be found out. 16 The LORD will ever reign as king; his throne will always stand. The heathen nations of the world will perish from his land. 17 O LORD, the needy ones’ desire you answer from on high; You give encouragement to them and listen to their cry. 18 For you defend the fatherless and those who are oppressed, So that from fear of mortal man the helpless may have rest.

Sing Psalms Psalm 28 v1-2 & 6-9 of 9 "To you I call, O LORD my Rock; Do not be deaf to my loud cry." Tune: Walton metre: LM 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 - Amalek fighting with Israel at Rephidim (Exodus 17). As with Psalm 26, hands are mentioned 3 times in the psalm although this doesn't come through in the Sing Psalms. (My hands, their hands, His hands) The same verses to are sung to the tune Duke St here: https://youtu.be/4hjwhqjXSko Psalm 28 World English Bible By David. 28 To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place. 3 Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts. 4 Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve. 5 Because they don’t respect the works of Yahweh, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up. 6 Blessed be Yahweh, because he has heard the voice of my petitions. 7 Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him. 8 Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed. 9 Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever. Sing Psalms PSALM 28 L.M. 1 To you I call, O LORD my Rock; Do not be deaf to my loud cry. I’ll be like those gone down to death, If you are silent in reply. 2 Receive my plea for mercy, LORD, As now I call to you for grace, As I lift up my hands in prayer And look to your Most Holy Place. 3 O drag me not away with those Who practise wickedness and sin, Who kindly to their neighbours speak But harbour malice deep within. 4 Repay them for their evil deeds And for their acts of wickedness; Bring back on them what they deserve And punish their unrighteousness. 5 Because the LORD’s works they despise And treat his actions with disdain, In justice he will tear them down And never build them up again. 6 Praise to the LORD, for he has heard The plea for mercy which I made. 7 He is my strength, he is my shield; I trust in him who sends me aid. My heart uplifted leaps for joy; My thanks to him I gladly sing. 8 The LORD God is his people’s strength, A saving fortress for his king. 9 LORD, save your people, your own flock; Be pleased your heritage to bless. Be their good shepherd; carry them For ever in your faithfulness.

Psalm 25 Tune: Duke St. metre: LM "Praise God! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD" Falkirk Free Church In the original Hebrew each each 7-9 syllable phrase begins with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet in order. It is one of the nine acrostic Psalms the others being Psalms 9, 10, 34, 37, 111, 112, 119, and 145. Wikipedia says: "This psalm has a strong formal relationship with Psalm 34. Both are alphabetic acrostics, with missing each time the verse Waw, which was added a verse to Pe a prayer of deliverance of Israel. As an acrostic, the verses in the psalm are arranged according to the Hebrew alphabet, with the exception of the letters Bet, Waw and Qoph which together, according to Jewish interpreters, made reference to the word gehinom (hell)." image: Lawrie Cate, Open Torah scroll I'm not sure if I've cut and pasted the Hebrew is correctly; if not it will probably give someone a good chuckle. This was taken from 3 different worship services albeit to the same tune, so there are some volume and key changes. Nevertheless it might help to memorise this psalm in the Sing Psalms version if that is your goal. There is another version with different tunes here: https://youtu.be/V-z0dOIFLds PSALM 25 L.M. 1 To you, O LORD, I lift my soul; 2 I trust in you continually. Do not let me be put to shame, Nor let my foes gloat over me. 3 No one who sets his hope in you Will ever suffer such disgrace, But those who act with treachery Humiliating shame will face. 4 O LORD, reveal to me your ways, And all your paths help me to know. 5 Direct and guide me in your truth; Instruct me in the way to go. You are my Saviour and my God; All day I hope in you alone. 6 Remember, LORD, your love and grace Which from past ages you have shown. 7 Do not recall my sins of youth Or my rebellious, evil ways; Remember me in your great love, For you, O LORD, are good always. 8 Because the LORD is just and good, He shows his paths to all who stray. 9 He guides the meek in what is right And teaches them his holy way. 10 To those who keep his covenant laws He shows his love consistently. 11 For your name’s sake, O LORD my God, Forgive my great iniquity. 12 Who, then, are those who fear the LORD? He’ll teach to them the chosen way 13 That they may prosper all their life; Their children in the land will stay. 14 God’s friends are those who fear his name; With them his cov’nant he will share. 15 My eyes are always on the LORD; He’ll free my feet from every snare. 16 Turn to me, LORD, show me your grace; I suffer pain and loneliness. 17 The troubles of my heart have grown; Deliver me from my distress. 18 Look on my pain and suffering; Forgive all my iniquity. 19 See how my foes have multiplied, How fierce their hatred is for me! 20 O guard my life and rescue me, And let me not be put to shame; For I take refuge in you, LORD, From those who would destroy my name. 21 Because I hope in you alone, Let uprightness protect me still. 22 From all their troubles, O my God, Redeem your people Israel.

Sing Psalms Psalm 22 v1-8 & 12-20 & 22-25 & 28-31 of 31 (the whole psalm except v9-11, 21, 26-27) "My God, my God, O why have you Forsaken and abandoned me?" Tune: Rockingham / Communion Falkirk Free Church image: Olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane by Beko This is rough and hacked together but nevertheless gives a flavour of the whole psalm. This is not the longest psalm in the psalter. Other longer psalms are: 1. Psalm 119 (176 verses) 2. Psalm 78 (72 verses) 3. Psalm 89 (53 verses) 4. Psalm 18 (51 verses) 5. Psalm 106 (48 verses) 6. Psalm 105 (45 verses) 7. Psalm 107 (43 verses) 8. Psalm 37 (40 verses) 9. Psalm 69 (36 verses) 10. Psalm 68 (35 verses) 11. Psalm 104 (35 verses) PSALM 22 L.M. 1 My God, my God, O why have you Forsaken and abandoned me? Why are you far from giving help, From listening to my anguished plea? 2 My God, I cry to you by day; You do not hear when I complain. I call to you throughout the night; In silence I cannot remain. 3 Yet you are holy: on the praise Of Israèl you are enthroned. 4 In you our fathers put their trust; They trusted, and were not disowned. 5 They called, and you delivered them; You listened to them when they cried. Our fathers were not put to shame, Because on you they had relied. 6 But I’m a worm and not a man, By people scorned, reproached by all. 7 And those who see me shake their heads; They sneer at me, and thus they call: 8 “This man has trusted in the LORD, So let him save him from his plight. Now let his God deliver him, Because in him he takes delight.” 9 Yet you, LORD, brought me from the womb; When I was at my mother’s breast You gave me cause to trust in you. 10 From birth upon you I was cast. Yes, from my mother’s womb till now, O LORD, you are my God alone. 11 Be not far off, for trouble’s near, And other helper I have none. 12 Strong bulls of Bashan circle me, Wild bulls approach on every side. 13 As roaring lions tear their prey, At me their mouths they open wide. 14 Like water I am emptied out, And all my bones are torn apart; My inmost being melts away, And into wax is turned my heart. 15 My strength is dried like shattered clay, And, as I fight to draw my breath, My tongue is sticking to my jaws; You lay me in the dust of death. 16 A pack of dogs encloses me; Their circle round me is complete. I am beset by evil men And they have pierced my hands and feet. 17 I count the number of my bones; With gloating eyes the people stare. 18 They throw the dice to get my coat; Among themselves my clothes they share. 19 Come quickly, rescue me, my Strength; Do not be far from me, O LORD. 20 Save me from power of evil dogs, My precious life from cruel sword. 21 From menace of the lions’ mouths And from their fury set me free. From peril of wild oxen’s horns You heard my cry and rescued me. 22 Now to my brothers I’ll declare The praises of your glorious name; Within their gathering I will stand And your renown I will proclaim. 23 Praise him, all you that fear the LORD; Give honour to him, Jacob’s race. All Isr’el’s children, worship him; Bow down with awe before his face. 24 He has not scorned the suffering Which on the afflicted one is laid; He did not hide his face from him, But listened to his cry for aid. 25 You are the theme of all my praise Within the great assembly, LORD; Before all those who fear your name I will fulfil my solemn word. 26 The poor will eat and will be filled And those who seek the LORD will give A shout of joyful praise to him. O may your hearts for ever live! 27 The whole earth will remember him And turn towards the LORD their God. All peoples will bow down to him— The nations of the world abroad. 28 Dominion to the LORD belongs And over nations he is king. 29 The rich of all the earth will feast And worship with an offering. All those whose destiny is dust Will humbly kneel before his throne; They cannot keep themselves alive, For they depend on him alone. 30 Posterity will serve the LORD; 31 And generations still to come Will tell a people yet unborn The righteous acts that he has done.

Sing Psalms version Psalm 65 v1-8 Tune: Dunfermline Falkirk Free Church PSALM 65 C.M. 1 In Zion praise awaits you, Lord; to you our vows we’ll pay. 2 To you all people will come near; you hear us when we pray. 3 When we were overwhelmed by sins, and guilt upon us lay, You pardoned all our trespasses and washed our guilt away. 4 How blessed are those you choose, and bring within your courts of grace! We’re filled with blessings in your house, in your most holy place. 5 With awesome deeds of righteousness you answer us, O God, Our Saviour, hope of farthest seas and all the earth abroad. 6 By strength and power you formed the hills. 7 You hushed the oceans’ voice; You calmed the tumult of their waves and stilled the peoples’ noise. 8 Those who inhabit distant lands with awe regard your ways; Where morning dawns and evening fades, you call forth songs of praise. 9 You tend the land and water it; you make it rich and good. As you ordained, your streams are full to give the people food. 10 You drench the furrows of the land; you level off the ground. You soften it with showers of rain and make its crops abound. 11 You crown the year with fruitfulness; your harvests overflow. 12 The grassland flourishes again; the hills with gladness glow. 13 The pastures green with flocks are clothed, the meadows covering. The valleys deck themselves with corn; they shout for joy and sing.

Psalm 31 v1-15 & 19-24 of 24 "In you I’ve taken refuge, LORD; You are my shelter in distress" Tune: Woodworth (Just As I Am, Without One Plea) Sing Psalms 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 - Jeremiah and the potter. (Jeremiah 18-19) Jeremiah quotes this psalm 6 times ( Jeremiah 6:25, 20:3, 20:10, 46:5, 49:29, and in Lamentations 2:22. The first 3 verses are the same as Psalm 71 (sung in a different metre here https://youtu.be/_E-Z_nMWKls). The psalm is also eluded to by Jonah in Jonah 2:8, by Paul in 1 Corinthians 16:13, Stephen in Acts 7:59. Most famously Jesus' last recorded words from the cross reference v5. This is another cut-and-shut with 3 recordings hacked together. This is not the longest psalm in the psalter. Other longer psalms are: 1. Psalm 119 (176 verses) 2. Psalm 78 (72 verses) 3. Psalm 89 (53 verses) 4. Psalm 18 (51 verses) 5. Psalm 106 (48 verses) 6. Psalm 105 (45 verses) 7. Psalm 107 (43 verses) 8. Psalm 37 (40 verses) 9. Psalm 69 (36 verses) 10. Psalm 68 (35 verses) 11. Psalm 104 (35 verses) 12. Psalm 22 (32 verses) PSALM 31 L.M. 1 In you I’ve taken refuge, LORD; You are my shelter in distress. O let me never be ashamed, But save me in your righteousness. 2 LORD, turn your ear to hear my cry; Come quickly to deliver me, And be my rock and firm defence, My stronghold and security. 3 You are my fortress and my rock; For your name’s sake be my sure guide. 4 Preserve me from the trap that’s set; You are the refuge where I hide. 5 Redeem me, LORD, O God of truth; My spirit I commit to you. 6 I hate all those who trust false gods; I trust the LORD, for he is true. 7 I will rejoice and take delight In all the love that you have shown, For my affliction you have seen; To you my soul’s distress is known. 8 You have not left me to my foe Or given me into his hand; But you have set my feet within A spacious place where I may stand. 9 Be merciful to me, O LORD, For my distress knows no relief; My eyes grow weak with sorrow’s tears, My soul and body with my grief. 10 My life in anguish is consumed; My years pass by with many groans. Through misery my strength has failed, And greatly weakened are my bones. 11 Because of all my enemies My neighbours treat me scornfully; I’m viewed with dread by all my friends— They see me coming and they flee. 12 I am forgotten as though dead, Not even spared a passing thought; I’m like a jar that’s cast away, A useless, broken, shattered pot. 13 I hear the slander many spread, And terror stalks me all the way. Against me enemies conspire; They plot to take my life away. 14 But as for me, I trust you, LORD; I say, “You are my God alone.” 15 My times are ever in your hands; Save me from foes who hunt me down. 16 Upon your servant shine your face; Save me in your unfailing love. 17 LORD, let me not be put to shame, For I have cried to God above. But let the wicked suffer shame And silent in the grave abide. 18 Suppress the lying lips which speak Against the just with haughty pride. 19 Your goodness, LORD, is very great— Prepared for those who fear your name. You show your goodness openly To all who your protection claim. 20 Your presence hides and shelters them From those who plot to take their life, And in your tent you keep them safe From evil tongues that stir up strife. 21 The LORD be praised because he showed The wonder of his love to me, When in a city I was trapped, Surrounded by the enemy. 22 In my alarm I rashly said That I was hidden from your eyes; But when I called to you for help, In grace you listened to my cries. 23 O love the LORD, all you his saints! The faithful will be kept by God, But he will give the proud their due. 24 Be strong, take heart; hope in the LORD.

Psalm 24 "The world and all in it are God’s, all peoples of the earth" Tune: Crediton. Sing Psalms 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: Thomas Newberry - model of Solomon's temple There was an underlying crackle in the original recording. PSALM 24 C.M. 1 The world and all in it are God’s, all peoples of the earth, 2 For it was founded by the LORD upon the seas beneath. 3 Who may ascend the hill of God, or in his temple stand? 4 The one who shuns false gods and lies, who’s pure in heart and hand. 5 He will find favour from the LORD, and from his Saviour grace. 6 Thus are they blessed, O Jacob’s God, who truly seek your face. 7 You ancient gates, lift up your heads; you doors, be opened wide— So may the King of glory come for ever to abide. 8 But who is this exalted King? What glorious King is he? It is the LORD of strength and might, the LORD of victory. 9 You ancient gates, lift up your heads; you doors, be opened wide— So may the King of glory come for ever to abide. 10 But who is this exalted King? Who can this sovereign be? The LORD Almighty, he is King of glory, none but he.

Sing Psalms Psalm 60 v1-6 of 12 "You, O God, have overthrown us and have cast us clean away." Tune: Hyfrydol 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: Jacob (right) meets Esau (left) when he came to meet him with 400 men. (Genesis 33) PSALM 60 8 7 8 7 1 You, O God, have overthrown us and have cast us clean away. You have dealt with us in anger; now restore us, Lord, we pray. 2 You have torn the land asunder; you have made the land to shake. O come down and mend its fractures, for you caused the earth to quake. 3 You have made your people suffer times of need and helplessness, And the wine that you have given makes us stagger in distress. 4 But for those who truly fear you, look! your banner is unfurled, Which in face of the aggressor has been shown to all the world. 5 With your right hand save and help us; rescue all those whom you love. 6 God has spoken from his temple, from his holy place above: “I will distribute in triumph every part of Shechem’s land, And the whole of Succoth valley I will measure with my hand. 7 “Mine is Gilead, mine Manasseh, Ephraim is my helmet true; Judah I will make my sceptre 8 and on Edom toss my shoe. “Moab will become my servant, and upon Philistia’s shore I will shout aloud in triumph; I am Lord and conqueror.” 9 Who will bring me to the city that is strongly fortified, And to reach the land of Edom who will be my help and guide? 10 Have you not, O God, rejected, turned us over to our foe? When our armies go to battle, with them you no longer go. 11 Since all human help is worthless, 12 God will give us victory; He it is who will defend us and tread down our enemy.

Psalm 123 Scottish Psalter version to Ayrshire 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. image: Jehoshaphat and the people mourning - the prophecy of Jahaziel (2 Chronicles 20: 5-19) PSALM 123 C.M. 1 O thou that dwellest in the heav’ns, I lift mine eyes to thee. 2 Behold, as servants’ eyes do look their masters’ hand to see, As handmaid’s eyes her mistress’ hand; so do our eyes attend Upon the LORD our God, until to us he mercy send. 3 O LORD, be gräcious to us, unto us gracious be; Because replenished with contempt exceedingly are we. 4 Our soul is filled with scorn of those that at their ease abide, And with the insolent contempt of those that swell in pride. (2 Chronicles 20: 5-19) Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in Yahweh’s house, before the new court; 6 and he said, “Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you. 7 Didn’t you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the offspring of Abraham your friend forever? 8 They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying, 9 ‘If evil comes on us—the sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this house, and before you (for your name is in this house), and cry to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.’ 10 Now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned away from them, and didn’t destroy them; 11 behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit. 12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us. We don’t know what to do, but our eyes are on you.” 13 All Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. 14 Then Yahweh’s Spirit came on Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, in the middle of the assembly; 15 and he said, “Listen, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, king Jehoshaphat. Yahweh says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, and don’t be dismayed because of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. 16 Tomorrow, go down against them. Behold, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 17 You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’” 18 Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Yahweh, worshiping Yahweh. 19 The Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel, with an exceedingly loud voice. 20 They rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. As they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you will be established! Believe his prophets, so you will prosper.” 21 When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to Yahweh, and give praise in holy array, as they go out before the army, and say, “Give thanks to Yahweh; for his loving kindness endures forever.” 22 When they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set ambushers against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were struck. 23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. When they had finished the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy each other.

Psalm 23 "The LORD’s my shepherd, I’ll not want." Tune: Crimond. Scottish Psalter Falkirk Free Church image: Israel's blessing on Joseph (Genesis 48) (see also Genesis 49: 22-26) The Sing Psalms version includes thoughts, censored elsewhere, about enemies. PSALM 23 C.M. 1 The LORD’s my shepherd, I’ll not want. 2 He makes me down to lie In pastures green: he leadeth me the quiet waters by. 3 My soul he doth restore again; and me to walk doth make Within the paths of righteousness, ev’n for his own name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale, yet will I fear none ill: For thou art with me; and thy rod and staff me comfort still. 5 My table thou hast furnishèd in presence of my foes; My head thou dost with oil anoint, and my cup overflows. 6 Goodness and mercy all my life shall surely follow me: And in GOD’s house for evermore my dwelling-place shall be. Genesis 48: 8-20 "And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? 9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. 12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, 16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. J. Douglas MacMillan in his book "The Lord is our Shepherd" says "I want you to notice one word there - "the God who FED me all my life." The word there in the original Hebrew is the very same as the word "shepherd" in Psalm 23, because the word "shepherd" in Hebrew is just a participle of the verb that means "to feed"."