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The Psalm singing on this MP3 (digital download) covers Psalm 145(II):9-15, as sung to the tune Duke Street from the 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter.

9    Good unto all men is the Lord:

          O'er all his works his mercy is.

10   Thy works all praise to thee afford:

          Thy saints, O Lord, thy name shall bless.

11   The glory of thy kingdom show

          Shall they, and of thy power tell:

12   That so men's sons his deeds may know,

          His kingdom's grace that doth excel.

13   Thy kingdom hath none end at all,

          It doth through ages all remain.

14   The Lord upholdeth all that fall,

          The cast-down raiseth up again.

15   The eyes of all things, Lord, attend,

          And on thee wait that here do live,

       And thou, in season due, dost send

          Sufficient food them to relieve.

John Brown of Haddington's notes on Psalm 145 follow:

This psalm, like the 25th, 34th, 111th, 112th, and 119th, is composed in an alphabetical form. It, and the five which follow, consist of pure praises to God, without so much as one complaint or petition. Here, (1.) David engageth himself, and encourageth others to praise God, ver. 1-7, 10, 21. (2.) He represents the grounds of praise, viz the greatness and glory, sovereign power, and eternity of God, and the greatness and glory of his works, ver. 3-7, 11-13; his unbounded goodness, mercy, and compassion, ver. 7-9; manifested in pitying the afflicted, providing what is necessary for all creatures; and in his readiness to hear and answer his people's prayers, preserve them from evil, and destroy their enemies, ver. 14-20.

In such high praises of God, may all my prayers issue at last. And the nearer I approach to mine end, let my heart and lips be the more filled with his praise, and honour all the day. While I live on earth, let me publish the heart-engaging wonders of the nature and works of my God.

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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