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The Psalm singing on this MP3 (digital download) covers Psalm 32:1-2 & 5, as sung to the tune Salzburg from the 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter.

1    O blessed is the man to whom

          is freely pardoned

      All the transgression he hath done,

          whose sin is covered.

2    Bless'd is the man to whom the Lord

          imputeth not his sin,

      And in whose sp'rit there is no guile,

          nor fraud is found therein.

5    I thereupon have unto thee

          my sin acknowledged,

      And likewise mine iniquity

          I have not covered:

John Brown of Haddington's notes on Psalm 32 follow:

Perhaps this psalm was composed for the great day of the national atonement, on the tenth day of the seventh month, Lev. 16. In it observe, (1.) The exceeding riches of the grace of God, manifested in blessing men with forgiveness of sin, and with protection amidst dangers, and direction in duty, ver. 1-2, 7-8. (2.) The indispensable duty of them who desire new-covenant blessings; viz. to acknowledge their offences to God; to implore his favour, which they need; to walk humbly and circumspectly before him, and to rejoice in him as God and their God, ver. 3-6, 9-11.

While I am truly conscious of my sinfulness, and deeply affected therewith, let the faith and experience of Jesus' full pardon of my sins, and of the communications of his grace, melt my heart, and animate me to every commanded duty.

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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