Hymn · Psalm 119

Psalm 119:65-72 (Tet)

AULD LANG SYNE · 8.6.8.6.D · words from the Scottish Psalter, 1650; rev. #doreancon, 2026 · music Scottish traditional

1.O Lord, thy servant, as thou said
in truth did good receive
Good judgment me, and knowledge teach,
for I thy word believe.
Ere I afflicted was I strayed;
but now I heed thy speech;
Both good thou art, and good thou do'st:
thy statutes to me teach.

2.Though many men puffed up with pride
with lies have slandered me,
Still all thy precepts thou hast giv'n
I keep wholeheartedly.
Their hearts, through worldly ease and wealth,
as fat as grease they be:
But in thy holy law I take
delight continually.

3.My strife, to learn thy statutes just,
was for a goodly cause.
That I might well instructed be,
and learn thy holy laws.
The word that cometh from thy mouth
is better unto me
Than many thousands and great sums
of gold and silver be.

Try these words on another tune

FOREST GREEN — English traditional
KINGSFOLD — English traditional
ST. URSULA — Frederick Westlake

Other words for this tune

All Nature's Works His Praise Declare — Henry Ware, Jr.
Delight in the House of God — The Psalter, 1912
Fountain of Never Ceasing Grace — Augustus Montague Toplady
Longings for Sanctuary Fellowship — The Psalter, 1912
Lord, Who at Cana's Wedding Feast — Adelaide Thrupp
Our Glorious King — The Psalter, 1912
Prayer for Pardon and Cleansing — The Psalter, 1912
Psalm 119:33-40 (He) — Scottish Psalter, 1650; rev. #doreancon, 2026
Psalm 119:73-80 (Yod) — Scottish Psalter, 1650; rev. #doreancon, 2026
Psalm 119:81-88 (Kaf) — Scottish Psalter, 1650; rev. #doreancon, 2026
The Goodness of God Proved — The Psalter, 1912
The Mercy of God Besought — The Psalter, 1912
The Obligations of Grace — The Psalter, 1912
Thine Arm, O Lord, in Days of Old — Edward H. Plumptre

Same meter but needs editorial underlay: SERAPH, ST. MATTHEW.

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