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The Psalm singing on this MP3 (digital download) covers Psalm 86:9-13, as sung to the tune St. Anne from the 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter.

9     All nations whom thou mad'st shall come

          and worship rev'rently

       Before thy face; and they, O Lord,

          thy name shall glorify.

10   Because thou art exceeding great,

          and works by thee are done

      Which are to be admir'd; and thou

          art God thyself alone.

11   Teach me thy way, and in thy truth,

          O Lord, then walk will I;

       Unite my heart, that I thy name

          may fear continually.

12   O Lord my God, with all my heart

          to thee I will give praise;

       And I the glory will ascribe

          unto thy name always:

13   Because thy mercy toward me

          in greatness doth excel;

       And thou deliver'd hast my soul

          out from the lowest hell.

John Brown of Haddington's notes on Psalm 86 follow:

This psalm contains, (1.) David's fervent supplications, that God would hear his prayers, ver. 1, 6-7; mercifully preserve and save him, ver. 2-3, 16; and afford him joy, strength, and honour, ver. 4, 11, 17. (2.) His pleas, wherewith he enforceth his prayers, drawn from the goodness of God, ver. 5, 13, 15; his own relations to, and trust in God, ver. 2, 4, 16; his former experience of God's kindness, ver 17; and from the malice of his enemies, ver. 14. (3.) His ascription of praise to God, as matchless in his nature and work; as the sole object of worship; and as great and infinitely gracious, ver. 8-10, 12-13.

While I sing, let me remember, that the psalmist hath left me an example, that I should walk in his steps.

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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