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The Psalm singing on this MP3 (digital download) covers Psalm 143(II):6-8, as sung to the tune Heber from the 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter.

6    Lo, I do stretch my hands

          To thee, my help alone;

      For thou well understands

          All my complaint and moan:

      My thirsting soul desires,

          And longeth after thee,

      As thirsty ground requires

          With rain refresh'd to be.

7    Lord, let my pray'r prevail,

          To answer it make speed;

      For, lo, my sp'rit doth fail:

          Hide not thy face in need;

      Lest I be like to those

          That do in darkness sit,

      Or him that downward goes

          Into the dreadful pit.

8     Because I trust in thee,

          O Lord, cause me to hear

      Thy loving-kindness free,

          When morning doth appear:

      Cause me to know the way

          Wherein my path should be;

      For why, my soul on high

          I do lift up to thee.

John Brown of Haddington's notes on Psalm 143 follow:

This psalm was probably penned by David during the unnatural rebellion of his son Absalom, as Psalm 3, 42, 43. It contains, (1.) Sad complaints of trouble, and of the sinking of his spirit under it, ver. 3-5, 7. (2.) Fervent supplications that God would hear his prayer; ver. 1, 7; forgive his sins, ver. 2; manifest his favours, ver. 6-8; direct him in the way of duty, ver. 8-10; quicken him in it, ver. 11; deliver him out of trouble, ver.9, 11; and, in fine, punish his persecutors, ver. 12.

What time my heart is overwhelmed, let God lead me to the Rock that is higher than I. Let me study to have my sin removed first, in order that my troubles may remove in due order, and with a rich blessing.

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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