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The Psalm singing on this MP3 (digital download) covers Psalm 117:1-2, as sung to the tune Saxony from the 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter.

1    O give ye praise unto the Lord,

          all nations that be;

      Likewise, ye people all, accord

          his name to magnify.

2    For great to us-ward ever are

          his loving-kindnesses:

      His truth endures for evermore.

          The Lord O do ye bless.

John Brown of Haddington's notes on Psalm 117 follow:

This psalm relates to the gospel church. Here are, (1.) A short, but solemn call, to the redeemed of all nations, to praise their God, ver. 1. (2.) Rich matter of praise suggested, viz. the unbounded mercy and everlasting faithfulness of God; and hence the fulness, kindness, and stability of his covenant promises, and the accomplishment thereof, ver. 2.

If the psalm be short, let me sing in the full assurance of faith, and with a heart all inflamed with the loving kindness, and all enraptured with admiration of the goodness of God, towards men, towards the Gentiles, and towards my soul.

From: THE PSALMS OF DAVID IN METRE (The Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650) by the Westminster Assembly, Covenanted Church of Scotland General Assembly and Francis Rouse (1646-1650), With Notes Exhibiting the Connection, Explaining the Sense, and for Directing and Animating the Devotion On Each Psalm by John Brown Of Haddington (from the 1844 edition of this Psalter published by Robert Carter, New York).

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