Psalms : Lord's Day 07/08/2007 A.D.

Dear Congregation, Visitors and Friends,

This article is the first of what we hope to be a regular feature on this site, to announce the Psalms that are scheduled for the coming Lord's Day services. These installments will include hyperlinks to the tune MIDI files to facilitate learning and practice.

For this coming Lord's Day, D.V.

Psalm 32:1-5, St. Peter 125, CM.
Psalm 25(I):1-11, Franconia 163, SM.

Franconia is a short meter tune that is easy to learn. Since we are already very familiar with the tune St. Peter we will begin here with the closing Psalm. In stanza 5/verse 6, lines 2 and 4 each have an extra syllable; we add one beat to each of these lines to cover.

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Psalm 25

A Psalm of David

Psalm 25(I):1-11, Franconia 163, SM.

  1    To thee I lift my soul:
  2          O Lord, I trust in thee:
       My God, let me not be asham'd,
             nor foes triumph o'er me.

  3    Let none that wait on thee
            be put to shame at all;
       But those that without cause transgress,
            let shame upon them fall.

  4    Shew me thy ways, O Lord;
            thy paths, O teach thou me:
  5    And do thou lead me in thy truth,
            therein my teacher be:

       For thou art God that dost
            to me salvation send,
       And I upon thee all the day
            expecting do attend.

  6    Thy tender mercies, Lord,
            I pray thee to remember,
       And loving-kindnesses; for they
            have been of old for ever.

  7    My sins and faults of youth
            do thou, O Lord, forget:
       After thy mercy think on me,
            and for thy goodness great.

  8    God good and upright is:
            the way he'll sinners show.
  9    The meek in judgment he will guide,
            and make his path to know.

 10    The whole paths of the Lord
            are truth and mercy sure,
       To those that do his cov'nant keep,
            and testimonies pure.

 11    Now, for thine own name's sake,
            O Lord, I thee entreat
       To pardon mine iniquity;
            for it is very great.

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Psalm 32

A Psalm of David, Maschil.

Psalm 32:1-11, St. Peter 125, CM.

  1    O blessed is the man to whom
            is freely pardoned
       All the transgression he hath done,
            whose sin is covered.

  2    Bless'd is the man to whom the Lord
            imputeth not his sin,
       And in whose sp'rit there is no guile,
            nor fraud is found therein.

  3    When as I did refrain my speech,
            and silent was my tongue,
       My bones then waxed old, because
            I roared all day long.

  4    For upon me both day and night
            thine hand did heavy lie,
       So that my moisture turned is
            in summer's drought thereby.

  5    I thereupon have unto thee
            my sin acknowledged,
       And likewise mine iniquity
            I have not covered:

       I will confess unto the Lord
            my trespasses, said I;
       And of my sin thou freely didst
            forgive th' iniquity.

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Yours in Christ's service,
~JJS~