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The Psalm singing on this MP3 (digital download) covers Psalm 135:1-5, as sung to the tune Southwark from the 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter.

1    Praise ye the Lord, the Lord's name praise;

          his servants, praise ye God.

2    Who stand in God's house, in the courts

          of our God make abode.

3    Praise ye the Lord, for he is good;

          unto him praises sing:

      Sing praises to his name, because

          it is a pleasant thing.

4    For Jacob to himself the Lord

          did chuse of his good pleasure,

      And he hath chosen Israel

          for his peculiar treasure.

5    Because I know assuredly

          the Lord is very great,

      And that our Lord above all gods

          in glory hath his seat.

John Brown of Haddington's notes on Psalm 135 follow:

This psalm contains, (1.) Earnest exhortations to all concerned, to praise the Lord, ver. 1-3, 19-21. (2.) Rich matter for praise ­ God considered as the God of Israel, ver. 4; as the God of gods, ver. 5; as the God of the whole world, ver. 6-7; as a God terrible to the enemies of Israel, ver. 8-11; but kind to Israel, ver. 12-14; and as the only true and living God, before whom all others are but vanity and falsehood, ver. 15-18.

Come near, my soul, and sing what Jehovah is to, and hath done for his church; and what he is to, and hath done for me.

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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