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The Psalm singing on this MP3 (digital download) covers Psalm 9:7-11, as sung to the tune Richmond from the 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter.

7    God shall endure for aye; he doth

          for judgment set his throne;

8    In righteousness to judge the world,

          justice to give each one.

9    God also will a refuge be

          for those that are oppress'd;

      A refuge will he be in times

          of trouble to distress'd.

10   And they that know thy name, in thee

          their confidence will place:

       For thou hast not forsaken them

          that truly seek thy face.

11   O sing ye praises to the Lord,

          that dwells in Sion hill;

       And all the nations among

          his deeds record ye still.

John Brown of Haddington's notes on Psalm 9 follow:

This psalm was, perhaps, composed on the occasion of his son Absalom's death, 2 Sam. 18; or on the occasion of the death of Goliath the champion and duellist of Gath, 1 Sam. 17. We have in it, (1.) David's hearty thanksgivings to God, for his pleading of his cause against his and his country's enemies, and for giving him a complete victory over them, ver. 1-6, and his excitement of others to join with him therein, ver. 11-12. (2). His triumph in God as the righteous judge of the world, protector of his people, and the destroyer of his implacable enemies, ver. 7-10, 15-18. (3.) His requests for further grounds of praising God as his own deliverer, and the confounder of his enemies, ver. 13-14, 19-20.

While I sing these subjects, let me chiefly consider the blessings of redemption, the victories of my Redeemer over sin, death, and hell; and believe that I, through him, shall be more than a conqueror. Let the ruin of transgressors effectually admonish me to stand in awe of God, and at the furthest distance from sin.

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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