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The Psalm singing on this MP3 (digital download) covers Psalm 34:8-15, as sung to the tune Stracathro from the 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter.

8    O taste and see that God is good:

          who trusts in him is bless'd.

9    Fear God his saints: none that him fear

          shall be with want oppress'd.

10   The lions young may hungry be,

          and they may lack their food:

       But they that truly seek the Lord

          shall not lack any good.

11   O children, hither do ye come,

          and unto me give ear;

       I shall you teach to understand

          how ye the Lord should fear.

12   What man is he that life desires,

          to see good would live long?

13   Thy lips refrain from speaking guile,

          and from ill words thy tongue.

14   Depart from ill, do good, seek peace,

          pursue it earnestly.

15   God's eyes are on the just; his ears

          are open to their cry.

John Brown of Haddington's notes on Psalm 34 follow:

This psalm was composed by David, when Achish, or Abimelech, king of Gath, drove him from his court as an idiot or madman, 1 Sam. 21:10-15.

Here are, (1.) David's high praises to God, for the favours himself and others had received, ver. 1-6. (2.) His warm invitations and strong encouragements to others to seek after and fear the Lord, and to trust in him for all necessary supplies, in time, or in eternity, ver. 7-10. (3.) Familiar advice to children and others to eschew every thing sinful, and make conscience of known duty, both towards God and man, as a means of present and future happiness, ver. 11-14. (4.) A representation of the misery of the wicked, in having God against them as an avenging enemy, and in having ruin before them as the just reward of their sins; and of the happiness of the godly, in having God near to them in every case, ready to hear their requests, to protect them amidst dangers, and to deliver them from enemies and trouble, ver. 15-22.

While I sing, let my heart be warmed with my subject. Come my soul, and walk in this light, in these joys of the Lord: Come, taste and see that he is good; extol his kindness, and trust him in all things, and on every occasion.

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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