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The Psalm singing on this MP3 (digital download) covers Psalm 62:5-8, as sung to the tune Howard from the 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter.

5    My soul, wait thou with patience

          upon thy God alone;

      On him dependeth all my hope

          and expectation.

6    He only my salvation is,

          and my strong rock is he;

      He only is my sure defence:

          I shall not moved be.

7    In God my glory placed is,

          and my salvation sure;

     In God the rock is of my strength,

          my refuge most secure.

8    Ye people, place your confidence

          in him continually;

      Before him pour ye out your heart:

          God is our refuge high.

John Brown of Haddington's notes on Psalm 62 follow:

In this psalm, (1.) David solemnly avows his manifold relations to God; his composed dependence on, fixed trust in, and quiet waiting for God; and his hopes of the ruin of his enemies, ver. 1-7. (2.) He earnestly encourageth others to trust in, and call on God, who is infinite in power, mercy, and justice; and to beware of trusting in men, or in outward riches or honours, which are deceitful, and unsubstantial, ver. 8-12.

While I sing, go thou, my soul, and do likewise. Be weaned from all dependence on creatures; but cleave to, and depend on this all-sufficient Jehovah, as answerable to all thy needs, all thy desires, all thy enjoying powers, for time and for eternity. Then, O how fixed in safety! and how filled with the consolations of Christ!

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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