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The Psalm singing on this MP3 (digital download) covers Psalm 121:1-8 as sung to the tune French from the 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter.

1    I to the hills will lift mine eyes,

          from whence doth come mine aid.

2    My safety cometh from the Lord,

          who heav'n and earth hath made.

3    Thy foot he'll not let slide, nor will

          he slumber that thee keeps.

4    Behold, he that keeps Israel,

          he slumbers not, nor sleeps.

5    The Lord thee keeps, the Lord thy shade

          on thy right hand doth stay:

6    The moon by night thee shall not smite,

          nor yet the sun by day.

7    The Lord shall keep thy soul; he shall

          preserve thee from all ill.

8    Henceforth thy going out and in

          God keep for ever will.

John Brown of Haddington's notes on Psalm 121 follow:

Here, (1.) In the firm faith of being heard, David supplicates divine help and protection, ver. 1-2. (2.) He comforts himself and others with the assurance of God's infallible direction and protection, ver. 3-8.

While I sing, let all my confidence be on the Lord. Let my soul truly wait for him, from whom cometh all my necessary and expected blessings. On him be all my burdens, all my wants, all my cares.

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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