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The Psalm singing on this MP3 (digital download) covers Psalm 61:1-4, as sung to the tune St. Cyril from the 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter.

1    O God, give ear unto my cry;

          unto my pray'r attend.

2    From th' utmost corner of the land

          my cry to thee I'll send.

     What time my heart is overwhelm'd,

          and in perplexity,

     Do thou me lead unto the Rock

          that higher is than I.

3    For thou hast for my refuge been

          a shelter by thy pow'r;

      And for defence against my foes

          thou hast been a strong tow'r.

4    Within thy tabernacle I

          for ever will abide;

      And under covert of thy wings

          with confidence me hide.

John Brown of Haddington's notes on Psalm 61 follow:

Here, (1.) David, in commemorating what the Lord had formerly done to him, and in the faith of what he had promised, cries to God for comfort and protection, amidst great troubles, ver. 1-4. (2.) In the view of what God had and would for ever do for him, he supplicates necessary mercies, and resolves on everlasting praise and thanksgiving to God, as his bounden duty, ver. 5-8.

So may all providences, distressful or smiling, lead my soul to a thankful panting for God, as my all and in 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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