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The Psalm singing on this MP3 (digital download) covers Psalm 146:5-8, as sung to the tune University, from the 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter.

5    O happy is that man and blest,

          whom Jacob's God doth aid;

      Whose hope upon the Lord doth rest,

          and on his God is stay'd:

6    Who made the earth and heavens high,

          who made the swelling deep,

      And all that is within the same;

          who truth doth ever keep:

7    Who righteous judgment executes

          for those oppress'd that be,

      Who to the hungry giveth food;

          God sets the pris'ners free.

8    The Lord doth give the blind their sight,

          the bowed down doth raise:

      The Lord doth dearly love all those

          that walk in upright ways.

John Brown of Haddington's notes on Psalm 146 follow:

This psalm contains, (1.) Pleasant engagements and encouragements to the hearty and constant praises of God, ver. 1-2, 10. (2.) Earnest dissuasives from trusting in man, who is so weak and short-lived, ver. 3-4. (3.) Powerful persuasives to trust in God, whose power and goodness appear so remarkable in creation, providence, and redemption, ver. 5-10.

While I sing, be stirred up, my soul, and all that is within me, to bless his holy name; to depend on him alone, who is my Maker, my faithful Friend, my kind and righteous Protector, my bountiful Provider, my almighty Deliverer, my gracious Enlightener, my seasonable Restorer, my perpetual Preserver, and the just punisher of my foes my King, my God, and my all.

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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