Psalm 139 Q. What did it take to save Fetus* Ryan?

A. It took his parents' desire and a team of surgeons' knowledge and work, all under GOD's hand. Psalm 139:13 "You're the creator of my life;

you wove me in my mother's womb." 

Operation on a 26 week old fetus saves his life.

“If we didn’t do something, the fetus was going to die. The family understood the risks and benefits and felt it was the right decision to proceed. So I had confidence that we would do the best we could.”

Full technical story

https://consultqd.clevelandclinic.org/cleveland-clinic-fetal-surgeons-resect-rare-intrapericardial-teratoma/

*According to the Oxford Dictionary, a fetus is “an unborn human...."

Paraphrase of Isaiah 2:2ff

Behold! the mountain of the Lord

In latter days shall rise

On mountain tops above the hills,

And draw the wond'ring eyes.

....

No strife shall vex Messiah's reign,

Or mar those peaceful years;

To ploughshares men shall beat their swords,

To pruning-hooks their spears.

....

Full song moved to my other music blog-

I-don't-know

A New Version Based on Psalm 91

The one who dwells in God alone,

And ever makes the Lord His home,

Will know the shelter of the throne

And constantly abide.

Refrain

So I will sing out to the Lord,

“You are my refuge evermore,

And all my hope is in Your Word—

My God, in whom I trust.”

Beneath His wings I safely hide,

Securely resting at His side.

No threat by day, no fear by night,

When God’s my dwelling place.

For music and the rest of the words

Ps. 8

Ps. 8

Amsterdam  76.76.77.76

1. LORD, our Lord, in all the earth   How excellent Your name!
You above the heav'ens have set   The splendor of Your fame.
2. From the mouths of infants young   You the power of praise compose
In the face of enemies   To stop avenging foes.

3. When I view the skies above  Which Your own fingers made,
When I see the moon and stars  Which You in order laid,
4. What is man so frail and weak  That You should remember him?
What can be the son of man  That You should care for him?

5. Next to God You have made man,  With light and honor crowned.
6. You placed him above Your works;  Beneath him all is found:
7. Oxen, sheep, and all wild beasts, 8. Birds, and fish the oceans claim.
9. LORD, our Lord, in all the earth  How excellent Your name!

    

Psalm 98

1 O sing a new song to the LORD for wonders he has done,
   for wonders he has done;
   his right hand and his holy arm the vic-to-ry have won,
   the vic-to-ry have won, the vic-to-ry have won.

2 The great salvation wrought by him Jehovah has made known
   Jehovah has made known.
   His justice in the nations' sight he openly has shown,
   he openly has shown, he openly has shown.

3 He mindful of His grace and truth  to Isr'el's house has been
   to Isr'el's house has been.
   The great salvation of our God all ends of earth have seen,
   all ends of earth have seen,   all ends of earth have seen.

4 O all the earth, sing to the LORD and make a joyful sound
   and make a joyful sound.
   Lift up your voice aloud to Him;  Sing psalms!  Let joy resound!
   Sing psalms! Let joy resound!  Sing psalms!  Let joy resound!

5 With harp make music to the LORD;    with harp a psalm O sing!
   with harp a psalm O sing!
6 With horn and trumpet raise a shout before the LORD, the King,
   before the LORD, the King,  before the LORD, the King.

7 Let seas in all their vastness roar, the world, its living horde,
   the world, its living horde.
8 Let rivers clap, let mountains sing  their joy before the LORD!
   their joy before the LORD!  their joy before the LORD!

9 Because he comes, he surely comes,  the judge of earth to be!
   the judge of earth to be!
   With justice he will judge the world,  all men with equity,
   all men with equity,  all men with equity.

Psalm 131

1. LORD, I have given up all pride,
    and turned from arrogance.
    I'll not pry into things too great,
    or truths beyond my reach,
2. Yes, I'm at rest and peace.

    Just as a child weaned from the breast
    lies in his mother's arms,
    my heart within me is at rest.
3. Trust GOD, O Isra-el,
   now and for evermore.

Tune: Evadna CM

Psalm 19: a literal version

Psalm 19 -- a literal version.   

Tune Haddam or Millenium 66.66.88

1. The spacious heav'ns declare the glory of our God;

     the firmament displays his handiwork abroad;

2.  day unto day doth utter speech, 

     and night to night doth knowledge teach.

3.  Aloud they do not speak; they utter forth no word,

     Nor into language break; their voice is never heard;

4.  Yet through the world their line extends,

     their words to earth's remotest ends.

    In heav'n he set a tent a dwelling for the sun,

5.  which as a mighty man delights his course to run.

    He, bridegroom-like in his array,

    comes from his chamber, bringing day.

6.  His daily going forth is from the end of heav'n:

    the firmament to him is for his circuit giv'n;

    and everywhere from end to end,

    his radiant heat he doth extend.

7. Jehovah's perfect law restores the soul again;

    his testimony sure gives wisdom unto men;

8. the precepts of the Lord are right,

    and fill the heart with great delight.

    The Lord's commands are pure, they light and joy restore;

9. Jehovah's fear is clean, enduring evermore;

    his statutes, let the world confess,

    are wholly truth and righteousness.

10. They are to be desired above the finest gold;

      than honey from the comb more sweetness far they hold;

11. with warning they your servant guard,

      in keeping them is great reward.

12. His errors who can know? Cleanse me from hidden stain;

13. keep me from willful sins, nor let them o'er me reign;

      and then I upright shall appear

      and be from great transgression clear.

14. When you dost search my life, may all my thoughts within

      and all the words I speak your full approval win.

      O Lord, you are a rock to me,

      and my Redeemer you shall be.

Reasons to Sing the Psalms

Psalms recognize the war between good and evil, God and Satan.  We get dull toward the battle, and Psalms can sharpen us. The American Vision website says:

Now if you sing this type of thing on a regular basis, it is bound to have an effect on your view of the world. Singing the Psalms is one of the surest ways of beginning to get away from our naturally humanistic view of the world, and to start seeing the world from God’s vantage point. After singing the Psalms over time, as we imbibe their teaching slowly but surely we start to think God’s thoughts after him.

For the entire article go to:
http://americanvision.org/8664/church-sing-psalms/?fb_comment_id=fbc_151353298402460_175253_151440258393764#f4a70b848

psalm 16b

my awesome family sang this with me.. we may not sound so great but you do better then show me :O) (dictated by Harlan's son (periphrastic))

Psalm 150

1 Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary. Praise him in his mighty expanse. 2 Praise him for his mighty deeds. Praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him with the trumpet sound. Praise him with the harp and lyre. 4 Praise him with timbrel and dancing. Praise him with stringed instruments and pipe. 5 Praise him with loud cymbals. Praise him with resounding cymbals. 6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!

Tune: Omega
this is  a special tune only found 
in the  Book of Psalms for Singing 

Psalm 149

1.	1 O praise the LORD! O sing aloud A new song to the LORD! Where faithful ones assembled are His praise in song accord. 2 With joy in his Creator now Let Israel shout and sing. And trembling let all Zion's sons Be joyful in their King.
2.	3 O let them in the whirling dance Give praise to His great name. Let them with sound of harp and drum Sing psalms of praise to Him. 4 That people which the LORD has claimed Is pleasant in His eyes, And with salvation's radiance The meek He beautifies.
3.	5 In glory let the faithful ones Exult with lifted heads. Let them for gladness shout aloud And sing upon their beds. 6 O let the lofty praise of God From out their throats be poured, And let them have within their hand A sharp two edged sword,
4.	7 on nations thus to take revenge And punish heathen folk, 8 to chain their kings, and on their chiefs to bind an iron yoke, 9 on them the judgment execute found written in His word; this honor all His faithful have. O do ye praise the LORD. Tune: Bethlehem (C M D)

Psalm 148

1.	1 From heav'n O praise the LORD; Ye heights, HIS glory raise. 2 All angels, praise accord; Let all His host give praise. 3 Praise Him on high, Sun, moon, and star, Sun, moon and star, Ye heav'ns afar, And cloudy sky.
2.	5 Yea, let them glorious make Jehovah's matchless name; For when the word He spake They into being came. 6 And from that place Where fixed they be, Where fixed they be, By His decree They cannot pass.
3.	7 From earth O praise the LORD, Ye deeps and all below; 8 Wild winds that do His word, Ye clouds, fire, hail, and snow; 9 Ye mountains high, Ye cedars tall. Ye cedars tall, 10 Beasts great and small, And birds that fly.
4.	11 Let all the peoples praise, And kings of every land; Let all their voices raise Who judge and give command. 12 By young and old, By maid and youth, By maid and youth, 13 His name in truth Should be extolled.
5.	Jehovah's name be praised Above the earth and sky. 14 For He His saints has raised And set their power on high. Him praise accord, O Israel's race, O Israel's race, Near to His grace. Praise ye the LORD. Tune: St. Catherines A great tune of which...     I will try to find  a midi.

Psalm 146 (1912 paraphrase)

Hallelujah, praise Jehovah,O my soul, Jehovah praise;
I will sing the glorious praises of my God through all my days.
Put no confidence in princes, nor for help on man depend;
He shall die, to dust returning, and his purposes shall end.


Happy is the man that chooses Israel’s God to be his aid;
He is blest whose hope of blessing on the Lord his God is stayed.
Heaven and earth the Lord created,Seas and all that they contain;
He delivers from oppression, righteousness He will maintain.


Food He daily gives the hungry, sets the mourning prisoner free, 
Raises those bowed down with anguish,  makes the sightless eyes to see.
Well Jehovah loves the righteous, and the stranger He befriends,
Helps the fatherless and widow, judgment on the wicked sends.


Hallelujah, praise Jehovah, O my soul, Jehovah praise;
I will sing the glorious praises of my God through all my days.
Over all God reigns forever, through all ages He is King;
Unto Him, thy God, O Zion, joyful hallelujahs sing.

Tune: Ripley

Psalm 145

  1 My God, O King, in praise I will exalt you;
    and I will bless your name forevermore.
  2 Yes, every day time and again I'll bless you
    and praise your name both now and evermore.
  3 Great is the LORD. How worthy to be praised!
    His greatness is unsearchable.

  4 Your works the fathers to their sons will praise
    And tell of all your mighty acts.

 5 On all your splendor, your majestic glory,
    On all your wondrous works, I'll meditate.
  6 Men tell the power of all your works most awesome,
    and I will join, your greatness to proclaim.
  7 They'll your abundant goodness celebrate;
    with joy they'll sing your righteousness.
  8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate,
    To anger slow, and rich in love.

  9 The LORD is good to all of his creation,
    compassion has on all that he has made.
 10 All you have made, O LORD, with thanks will praise you;
    your chosen holy ones will you extol.
 11 The glory of your kingdom they will tell,
    the greatness of your power proclaim,
 12 that sons of men may know your mighty acts,
    your kingdom's splendor glorious.

 13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom;
    your rule endures through generations all.
 14 The Lord upholds all those who down are falling
    And raises up all those who are bowed down.
 15 The eyes of all on earth look up to you;
    you give them food all in good time.
 16 Your opened hand fills every need of life;
 17 The LORD is good to all that live.

 18 The LORD is near to all who call upon him,
    to all who call on him with purpose true.
 19 He satisfies the wants of all who fear him;
    he hears their cry and saves them everyone.
 20 The LORD keeps watch o'er all those loving him,
    but wicked all he will destroy.
 21 My mouth and all creation praise the LORD!
    Forever praise his holy name.

Tune: "How Great Thou Art"

Psalm 144

1.	1 Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for the fight. 2 My Steadfast Love, my Fort, my Stronghold, my Deliverer, my Shield in whom I refuge take, he brings my people under me.
2.	3 O LORD, what then is man that you take note of him? What is the son of man that you consider him? 4 A breath, a nothingness, is man. As for the days of man, they all are like a shadow passing by.
3.	5 O LORD, bow low your heav'ns; may you yourself come down. Yes, touch the mountaintops and cause them thus to smoke. 6 Make lightning flash and scatter them. O may your arrows be sent forth to trouble and disquiet them!
4.	7 Your hand reach from on high to rescue me and save from waters great and deep. from hands of alien folk, 8 whose mouth speaks always what is false, and even the right hand of whom is a right hand of cunning lies.

5.	9 O God, in praise to you, a new song I will sing. Upon a ten-stringed harp your praises I will play. 10 For he salvation gives to kings; his servant David he will help and keep him from the wasting sword.
6.	11 O rescue me and save, grant me deliverance, from hands of alien folk, from power of foreigners, whose mouth speaks always what is false, and even the right hand of whom is a right hand of cunning lies.
7.	12 So be our sons like plants grown sturdy in their youth, and may our daughters be like palace cornerstones; 13 all kinds of goods fill up our barns; our flocks of sheep be multiplied by thousands and ten thousands more;
8.	14 yes, may our cattle bear. may there be no attacks, no going forth to war, no outcry in our streets. 15 O happy people who are thus! O happy people who can say they have the LORD to be their God! Tune: Lischer, 66.66.888.

Psalm 143

1 LORD, hearken to my prayer;
   my supplication hear.
   Reply in truth and in righteousness.
2 And with your servant now
   to judgment do not come,
   for in your sight no man is just.

3 The foe has hounded me;
   my life to earth has crushed.
   Entombed he kept me as those long dead.
4 My spirit therefore faints,
   within me overwhelmed.
   My heart in me is desolate.

5 I days of old recall;
   I muse on all your deeds;
   I ponder long what your hands have wrought.
6 I stretch my hands to you;
   my soul longs after you
   as thirsts a dry and desert land.

7 Haste, LORD, to answer me!
   O how my spirit fails!
   Hide not the light of your face from me,
   Lest I become like those
   who to the pit go down.
   O let me not with them descend.

8 Let me your mercy hear
   when morning light appears;
   I flee to you for my hiding place.
   Teach me to know the way;
   Show me how I should walk,
   for I lift up my soul to you.

9   Deliver me, O LORD,
     from all my enemies;
     that you may hide me I flee to you.
10 Teach me to do your will;
     my God of Spirit good,
     O make me dwell in upright lands.

11 For your name's sake, O LORD,
     deal graciously with me;
     relieve my soul in your righteousness.
12 My foes slay in your grace;
     destroy my enemies,
     because I am your servant true.

Tune: Fairest Lord Jesus

Psalm 142

1 I loudly cry out to the LORD;

   I plead for aid to GOD.

2 Before him pour my troubled thoughts;

   I tell him my distress.

3 For when my spirit is depressed,

   you guard the way I take;

   for in the path that I must walk

   men hide their snares for me.

4 Look to my right and you will see;

   none is concerned for me.

   I have no place where I can hide;

   none cares to guard my life.

5 I cry to you, O LORD, and say:

   "In you I shelter find;

   you are the one who's my support

   within the land of life."

6 Pay heed now to my cry and save;

   I am in desperate need.

   save me from those who dog my heels,

   for they're too strong for me.

7 O bring me from the prison house

   so I can thank your name.

   The just will crowd around me when

   your love is shown to me.

Tune: Orton (C M)

or Auld Lang Syne

Psalm 141

1 O LORD, I am calling to you; please make haste,

   and give you attention when I cry to you.

2 My prayer be as incense accepted by you;

   as off'ring at ev'ning be my lifted hands.

3 O LORD, set a guard on my mouth, watch my lips;

4 my heart keep away from all evil desires.

   Keep me back from evil and from evil men,

   and let me not love to sit down at their feasts.

5 Let righteous ones strike me - a kindness it proves;

   and if he rebuke me - it's oil on my head;

   and I'll not refuse it, yet still I will pray

   that evil ones' deeds will be quite overthrown.

6 The leaders of evil down cliffs will be thrown;

   the wicked will learn that my words are all true.

7 they'll say, "Like one ploughing and breaking the earth,

   our bones have been scattered in reach of hell's jaws."

8  But my eyes see you, Sovereign LORD, you're my hope;

9  Don't let me see death, keep me out of man's snares.

10 But let wicked ones in their own nets be caught,

     while I at the same time pass by without hurt.

Tune: Immortal, invisible, God only wise

St. Denio (Joanna )

Psalm140

  1.  From men of greed and violence, O LORD my soul release;

  2. they evil in their hearts devise, and wars they would increase.

         3. As keen as any serpent’s fangs so sharp their tongues they make,

   and underneath their lips there hides the venom of a snake.

    4.  Guard me from men of violence, O LORD, from lawless force;

      their purpose is to bring me down, to overthrow my course.

 5.  The proud hid traps and cords for me; they have a secret net

       along the wayside spread for me, and snares for me they set.

    6.   But I have said unto the LORD, “In truth you are my God."

Jehovah, hear my voice when I in supplication bow. 

 7.  My Lord Jehovah is for me salvation’s strength and stay;

    he is the cover for my head when comes the battle day.

         8.  Grant not, O LORD, that wicked men see their desire draw nigh.

           and do not help them in their plots to lift themselves on high. 

  9.  As for the head of all those men who have surrounded me,

     by all the mischief of their lips let them now covered be.

                    10. Let burning coals upon them fall; to flames let them be cast,

                        and in the deepest pits from which they cannot rise at last.       

11. Let not the slanderer on earth  enjoy security;

     let evil hunt the violent and smite relentlessly.

           12.  I know Jehovah will maintain the cause of those oppressed;

    he will defend the right of those  by poverty distressed.

             13. And then the righteous to your name their thanks will surely give;

           and they that upright are in heart shall in your presence live.

Tune: Old Lang Syne (C M D)

Psalm 138

1 With all my heart my thanks I'll bring,
   before the gods your praises sing;
2 I'll worship in your holy place
  and praise your name for truth and grace;

   For you above your name adored
   have magnified your faithful word.
3 The day I called your help appeared;
   with inward strength my soul was cheered.

4 All kings of earth shall thanks accord
   when they have heard your words, O LORD;
5 Jehovah's way they'll celebrate;
   the glory of the LORD is great.

6 Although Jehovah is most high,
   on lowly ones he bends his eye;
   but those that proud and haughty are
   he knows them only from afar.

7 Through trouble though my pathway be,
   you will revive and comfort me.
   your outstretched hand you will oppose
   against the wrath of all my foes.

   Your hand, O LORD, shall set me free.
8 God will perfect his plan for me;
   Your mercy, LORD, forever stands;
   Leave not the work of your own hands.

Tune: Hursley

Psalm 139

1 You've searched me, LORD, and know me well,

2 my sitting, rising, all my thoughts.

3 You mark my path and where I rest;

you're well informed of all my ways.

4 Before a word is on my tongue

you know it fully, gracious LORD!

5 You hem me in, behind, before;

yes, you have laid your hand on me.

6 Such knowledge is to deep for me,

too high for me to understand.

7 Where can I from your Spirit go?

Where can I from your presence flee?

8 You're there if I go up in space;

you're there if I lie down in depths.

9 If I speed on the wings of dawn

and settle on the sea's west side,

10 your hand will guide me even there,

yes, your right hand will hold me fast.

11 If in deep trouble I should cry:

"Nothing but darkness is my plight,

around me light has turned to night,"

12 even the dark's not dark to you;

and thus the night is bright as day,

for darkness is as light to you.

13 You're the creator of my life;

you wove me in my mother's womb.

14 I praise you for the way I'm made

awesome and wonderful it is .

Your works are truly wonderful,

and I am well aware of this.

15 My frame was not hid from your view

when i was made in secret place.

When I was woven in the womb

16 your eyes my unformed body saw.

And all the days ordained for me

were firstly written in your book.

17 How precious are your thoughts to me,

O God; how mighty is their sum!

18 Were I to count them, they'd be more

than all the grains of sand would be.

When I awaken from my sleep,

I find that I am still with you.

19 O that you'd slay the wicked, God!

Away from me, you ruthless ones.

20 They speak of you with evil aims;

your foes speak out deceitfully.

21 Do not I hate those hating you,

loathe those who rise against you, LORD?

22 I hate them with most perfect hate;

I count them as my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;

test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 See if a sinful way's in me,

lead in the everlasting way.

Psalm 137

1 By Babel's streams we sat and wept,
   when we our thoughts to Zion turned.

2 There on the trees we hung our harps,
3 for there our captors asked for songs,

   yes, our tormentors called for mirth:

   "Sing to us one of Zion's songs!"

4 How can we sing the LORD's own songs 

   while we are in a foreign land?

5 If you, Jerus'lem, I forget,

   let my right hand forget it's skill.

6 My tongue be dumb if Salem I

   do not regard as my chief joy.

7 Remember, LORD, when Salem fell,

   that Edom cried, "Raze, Raze it all!"

8 O Babylon, your doom's decreed,

   And happy he who pays you back,

9 who takes your little ones instead

   and dashes them against the rocks.

Tune: Melita

Psalm 136

1.	1 O thank the LORD, for good is He; His mercy lasts forever. 2 Thanks to the God of gods give ye; His mercy lasts forever.
2.	3 O praises give the King of kings; His mercy lasts forever; 4 For He alone does wondrous things; His mercy lasts forever.
3.	5 Who in His wisdom framed the skies; His mercy lasts forever; 6 Who made the earth from waters rise; His mercy lasts forever.
4.	7 Who placed the great lights on display; His mercy lasts forever; 8 The sun to rule the sky by day; His mercy lasts forever.
5.	9 The moon and stars to rule the night; His mercy lasts forever; 10 Who Egypt's firstborn all did smite; His mercy lasts forever.
6.	11 Who freed all Isr'el from their charm; His mercy lasts forever; 12 With mighty hand and outstretched arm; His mercy lasts forever.
7.	13 Who by His wind the Red Sea clave; His mercy lasts forever; 14 Led Isr'el through the parted wave; His mercy lasts forever.
8.	15 O'er Pharaoh He the Red Sea spread; His mercy lasts forever; 16 Through desert wastes His people led; His mercy lasts forever.
9.	17 To Him Who great kings overthrew; His mercy lasts forever; 18 Who famous kings in battle slew; His mercy lasts forever.
10.	19 King Sihon, of the Amorites; His mercy lasts forever; 20 And Og, the king of Bashanites; His mercy lasts forever.
11.	21 Their land He gave to Israel; His mercy lasts forever; 22 His servant gave a place to dwell; His mercy lasts forever.
12.	23 He thought on us when we were low; His mercy lasts forever; 24 And made us free from every foe; His mercy lasts forever.
13.	25 He food bestows on all that live; His mercy lasts forever; 26 Thanks to the God of heaven give; His mercy lasts forever.

Tune: Constance

Psalm 135: 8-21

8 He Egypt's first-born struck with might, the first of man and beast one night.

9 You, Egypt, signs and wonders saw, that Pharaoh's might should be no more.

10/11 He struck great nations, mighty kings - Sihon and Og, all Canaan's kings.

12      He gave their lands to Is-ra-el, in this inheritance to dwell.

13 O LORD, for ever lasts your name, through ages all, O LORD, your fame.

14 For GOD will vindicate his own, his servants will his grace be shown.

15      The gods of silver and of gold are made by those who craft and mould.

16-18 They do not speak, see, hear, breathe air; they're helpless too, who trust their care.

19/20 Isr'el and Aaron, Levi too; all fearing GOD, give GOD his due.

21      To GOD in Zion praise accord; he dwells in Salem. Praise the LORD!

Tune:

Psalm 134

1 O come, bless Jehovah, all servants of GOD,

who stand in the house of the LORD ev'ry night.

2 Your hands lift in worship to his holy place,

the GOD of rich covenant grace to confess.

3 O may the LORD from Zi-on bless,

he is the creator of heaven and earth.

Tune: Shelter

Psalm 133

1 Behold! how good a thing it is, how wonderful to see,
   when brethren make it their delight to dwell in unity!

2 For it is like the fragrant oil poured out on Aaron's head,
   that, going down upon his beard, upon his collar spread.

3 Like Hermon's dew upon the hills of Zion, it descends.
   The LORD commands his blessing there, ev'n life that never ends.

Tune:  Azmon  (C M)

"O for a thousand tongues"

PSALM 132 paraphrase of Isaac Watts

[No sleep nor slumber to his eyes Good David would afford, Till he had found below the skies A dwelling for the Lord. The Lord in Zion placed his name, His ark was settled there; To Zion the whole nation came To worship thrice a year. But we have no such lengths to go, Nor wander far abroad; Where'er thy saints assemble now, There is a house for God.] Arise, O King of grace, arise, And enter to thy rest! Lo! thy church waits with longing eyes Thus to be owned and blessed. Enter with all thy glorious train, Thy Spirit and thy word; All that the ark did once contain Could no such grace afford. Here, mighty God, accept our vows, Here let thy praise be spread; Bless the provisions of thy house, And fill thy poor with bread. Here let the Son of David reign, Let God's Anointed shine; Justice and truth his court maintain With love and power divine. Here let him hold a lasting throne; And as his kingdom grows, Fresh honors shall adorn his crown, And shame confound his foes.

Psalm 131

Psalm 131

1. LORD, I have given up all pride,
    and turned from arrogance.
    I'll not pry into things too great,
    or truths beyond my reach,
2. Yes, I'm at rest and peace.

    Just as a child weaned from the breast
    lies in his mother's arms,
    my heart within me is at rest.
3. Trust GOD, O Isra-el,
   now and for evermore.

Tune: Evadna CM

Ps.131

Psalm 130

1.	1 LORD, from the depths to thee I cried. 2 My Lord, give ear to me. O hear my voice and harken to my supplicating plea, my supplicating plea.
2.	3 LORD, who shall stand if thou, my Lord, shouldst mark iniquity? 4 But yet with thee forgiveness is, that men may rev'rence thee, that men may rev'rence thee.
3.	5 I wait, my soul awaits the LORD; my hope is in his word. 6 More than the watchmen wait for morn my soul waits for my Lord, my soul waits for my Lord.
4.	7 O Israel, hope in the LORD; the LORD saves graciously. 8 And he shall Israel redeem from all iniquity, from all iniquity.

Psalm 129

1.	1 "Time and again they greatly did oppress me from my youth up," let Israel declare; 2 "Time and again they greatly did oppress me from my youth up, yet they did not prevail."
2.	3 Upon my back, like plowmen plowing furrows, so did they make their gouges deep and long. 4 Yet is Jehovah righteous in his dealings; the ropes of lawless men he cuts apart.
3.	5 Let them be shamed and fall back in confusion, all those who bear for Zion bitter hate. 6 Let them become like grass upon the housetops which withers up before it can be pulled.
4.	7 From such the reaper cannot get one handfull, nor can the one who binds fill up his arms. 8 None passing say, "Jehovah's blessing on you! We give you blessing in Jehovah's name!" Tune:  Old 110th, 11.10.11.10

Psalm 128

Blessed the man that fears Jehovah
And that walketh in His ways.
Thou shalt eat of thy hands’ labor;
And be prospered all thy days.
Like a vine with fruit abounding
In thy house thy wife is found
And like olive plants, thy children
Compassing thy table ’round.

Lo, on him that fears Jehovah
Shall this blessedness attend
For Jehovah, out of Zion,
Shall to thee His blessings send
Thou shalt see Jerus’lem prosper
All thy days ’til life shall cease
Thou shalt see thy children’s children
Unto Isr-a-el be peace.

Tune: "Come Thou Fount of every blessing" 

Here is a snippet from a family man:  [the rest can be found here]

one of my boys asked, “Daddy, since we could not sing our psalm in the restaurant, can we sing it while we’re in the car?” You better believe we can! If a small step on my part can lead to my 11 or 12 year old asking to seize a moment to sing scripture together, let me take that step!

Then, our singing of Psalm 128 has had an unexpected sanctifying influence on me. The children enjoy the song so I can often hear them singing it lightly as they go about their tasks in the home. I hear them singing “Bless the man who fears Jehovah and that walketh in his ways” and the rest of the Psalm which expounds the benefits which will come to them as their father fears and obeys God. 

Psalm 127 Paraphrase from 1912

Ps. 127

1. Unless the Lord the house shall build,

The weary builders toil in vain;

Unless the Lord the city shield,

The guards a useless watch maintain.

2. In vain you rise ere morning break,

And late your nightly vigils keep,

And of the bread of toil partake;

God gives to His beloved sleep.

3. Lo, children are a great reward,

A gift from God in very truth;

4.With arrows is his quiver stored

Who joys in children of his youth.

5. And blest the man whose age is cheered

By stalwart sons and daughters fair;

No enemies by him are feared,

No lack of love, no want of care.

Psalm 126 Isaac Watts paraphrase

1 When God reveal'd his gracious Name,
And chang'd my mournful state,
My rapture seem'd a pleasing dream,
The grace appear'd so great.

2 The world beheld the glorious change,
And did thy hand confess;
My tongue broke out in unknown strains,
And sung surprising grace:

3 "Great is the work," my neighbours cry'd,
And own'd the power divine;
"Great is the work," my heart reply'd,
"And be the glory thine."

4 The Lord can clear the darkest skies,
Can give us day for night,
Make drops of sacred sorrow rise
To rivers of delight.

5 Let those that sow in sadness wait
Till the fair harvest come,
They shall confess their sheaves are great,
And shout the blessings home.

6 Tho' seed lie bury'd long in dust,
It shan't deceive their hope;
The precious grain can ne'er be lost,
For grace insures the crop.

This last line was used by Spurgeon in an early sermon:

www.spurgeongems.org/vols49-51/chs2896.pdf

Can be sung to any C M tune

Psalm 125

Like Zion’s mountain shall they be who in the Lord confide
A mount which never can be moved, but ever shall abide

As all around Jerusalem the mountains firmly stand
The Lord forevermore surrounds the people of his hand

Upon the land of righteous ones no evil rod shall press
Lest righteous men put forth their hands to work unrighteousness

O Lord, to those men who are good show yourself good and kind
And likewise show your goodness to all them of upright mind

Yet shall the Lord drive out all those in crooked ways who dwell
Along with all who practice sin; but peace on Israel

Psalm 124

1.	1 Now Israel may say and that in truth, "If that the LORD had not our right maintained, 2 If that the LORD had not with us remained, When cruel men against us rose to strive 3 We surely had been swallowed up alive.
2.	Yea, when their wrath against us fiercely rose, 4 Then as fierce floods before them all things drown, So had they brought our soul to death quite down; 5 The raging streams, with their proud swelling waves, Had then our soul o'er whelmed as in the grave."
3.	6 Blessed be the LORD Who made us not their prey; 7 As from the snare a bird escapeth free, Their net is rent and so escaped are we. 8 Our only help is in Jehovah's name, Who made the earth and all the heav'nly frame.

Tune: Old 124th

Psalm 123 a song of ascents

1.	1 To you I lift my eyes, O LORD You are in heav'n enthroned. 2 As servants watch their master's hand, Or as a maid's eyes wait Her mistress' hand to see,
2.	So our eyes, waiting, now attend Upon the LORD our God, Until He gracious be to us. 3 Be gracious to us, LORD. Be gracious unto us.
3.	For we are sated with contempt 4 Our soul is surfeited With all the scoffing insolence Of those who live at ease, And with the proud's contempt.

Tune:  Christmas 86.866 

Psalm 122

1 I was glad to hear them saying,
"To the LORD's house let us go."
2 For our feet will soon be standing
in your gates, Jerusalem,
3 Salem, well constructed city;
4 There assemble all the tribes,
Tribes that are Jehovah's own.

This the ordinance for Isr'el,
Here to thank Jehovah's name.
5 There are set the thrones of judgment;
There is David's house enthroned.
6 Pray then for the peace of Salem;
May they prosper who love you.
7 be there peace within your walls.

8 In your palaces be safety.
For the sake of brothers all,
For the sake of my companions,
9 I am saying "Peace to you!"
For Jehovah's house within you,
temple of the LORD our GOD,
I will ever seek your good.

Tune: Guide

Psalm 121

1 To the hills I lift my eyes; whence shall help for me arise?
2 from the LORD will come my aid: he the heaven and earth has made.
3 may he not your foot let slip, nor your guardian ever sleep.
4 Lo! the one who Isr'el keeps, slumbers not and never sleeps.

5 He who keeps you is the LORD; GOD's the shade at your right hand.
6 Sun will not hurt you by day, neither will the moon by night.
7 GOD will keep you from all ill, keep your life in safety still.
8 In the home and on the way GOD will guard now and alway.

Tune: Guide

Psalm 120

1 I cried in trouble to the LORD, and he has answered me.

2 From lying lips and crafty tongue, O LORD, my soul set free.

3 What shall be given you, false tongue? What added to your doom?

4 Sharp arrows of a mighty man, and red hot coals of broom.

5 Alas for me, that I sojourn so long in Meshech's land,

That I have made my dwelling where the tents of Kedar stand!

6 Too long my soul has made its home with those who peace abhor.

7 I am for peace, but when I speak they ready are for war.

Psalm 119: 169-176

169 Before you let my cry come near, O LORD; true to your word, teach me.

170 Before you let my pleading come; true to your promise rescue me.

171 My lips are breaking forth in praise; teach me your statutes to confess.

172 Yea of your word my tongue shall sing: all your commands are righteousness.

173 Be ready with your hand to help, because your precepts are my choice.

174 I've longed for your salvation, LORD,and in your holy law rejoice.

175 O let your ordinances help; my soul shall live and praise you yet.
176 A straying sheep, your servant seek, for your commands I ne'er forget.

Tune:  "He leadeth me"

Psalm 119:161-168

161 The princes causelessly pursue; but words from you my heart reveres.

162 I at your promise joy as one for whom abundant spoil appears.

163 I falsehood hate and lies abhor;  but in your law is my delight.

164 I praise you seven times a day because your judgments all are right.

165 Great peace have those who love your law; for them there is no stumbling block.

166 I hope for your salvation, LORD, and I in your commandments walk.

167 My soul your testimonies keeps and deeply loves; my heart obeys

168 your precepts, testimonies all, because before you are my ways.

Tune: "He leadeth me"

Psalm119:153-160

153 Regard my grief and rescue me, for I your law do not forget.
154 As you have promised, quicken me. Your promise keep; revive me yet.

155 Salvation's far from wicked men; your statutes they'll not try to see.
156 How many are your mercies, LORD! Fulfill your judgments, quicken me.

157 My persecutors many are, yet from your law I do not swerve.
158 I saw the faithless and was grieved, for they your law do not observe.

159 Behold, how I your precepts love! O LORD, in kindness quicken me.
160 The sum of all your words is truth; your judgments stand eternally.

Tune: Communion

Psalm 119:145-152

145 My heart cries out! LORD, answer me! And I your statutes will obey.
146 O save me, for I've called to you; your testimonies I'll display.
147 I rose before the dawn and cried; for by your word my hope is stirred.
148 I wake throughout the hours of night to meditate upon your word.

149 In mercy listen to my voice; in judgment, LORD, my life renew.
150 Those plotting ill draw ever near, far from your law their way pursue.
151 But you, O LORD, are ever near, and true are all of your commands.
152 Your testimonies make me sure that what you say forever stands.

Tune: "He leadeth me"

Psalm 119:137-144

137 You ever righteous are, O LORD; and all your judgments upright stand.
138 Your righteous testimonies all you do in faithfulness command.
139 By zeal I am consumed, because your words mine adversaries spurn.
140 Your promise is so very pure, toward it your servant loves to turn.

141 Though I am small and much despised, your precepts I do not forget.
142 Eternal is your righteousness; your law in truth is firmly set.
143 Distress and anguish have me found, yet joy by your commands you give.
144 Your testimonies righteous are; O make me wise that I may live.

Tune: "He leadeth me"

Psalm 119:129-136

129 Your testimonies I observe, for they are wondrous in mine eyes.
130 The op'ning of your word give light, and makes the simplehearted wise.
131 I open wide my mouth and pant for all commandments you proclaim.
132 O turn to me! Deal graciously as to all those who love your name.

133 My steps establish in your word and let no sin o'er me have sway.
134 Redeem me from the power of man, and I your precepts will obey.
135 Your face make on your servant shine; teach me your statutes; for I weep;
136 The tears in streams flow from mine eyes, because your law they do not keep.

Tune: "He leadeth me"

Psalm 119: 121-128

121 To others I have judgment done, performing what is right;
       O do not then deliver me to my oppressor's might.

122 Be surety for your servant's good; from proud oppressors free;
123 your saving help and righteous word my failing eyes would see.

124 In mercy with your servant deal; your statutes to me show;
125 I am your servant; wisdom give that I your laws may know.

126 'Tis time you work, O LORD, for they make void your law divine.
127 Your precepts therefore more I love than gold, yea, gold most fine.

128 Concerning all things your commands I therefore judge are right;
       and ev'ry false and wicked way is hateful in my sight.

Tune: Dundee (C M)

Psalm 119: 113-120

113 The men of double mind I hate; your law my love has stirred!
114 You are my shield and hiding place; my hope is in your word.

115 Depart, illdoers, that I may my God's commandments heed.
116 Sustain as you have promised me that I may live indeed.

117 Quench not my hope, but hold me safe; your statutes I'll respect.
118 All those who from your statutes err, in scorn you do reject.

      How useless their deceitfulness! In falsehood is no gain.
119 You do the wicked purge from earth like dross, that none remain,

120 so I your testimonies love. My flesh is quivering
      for fear of you; and deepest awe your judgments surely bring.

Tune: Dundee (C M)

Psalm 119:105-112

105 Your word's a lamp to guide my feet, a shining light upon my way.
106 I've bound myself with oath and pledge, your rulings just all to obey.

107 I've suffered much; renew my life, O LORD, according to your word.
108 Accept the offerings of my lips, and make me know your precepts, LORD.

109 My life is always in my hand, yet I your law do not forget.
110 I from your precepts have  not strayed, though snares for me the wicked set.

111 Your word's my lasting heritage, and truly makes my heart rejoice.
112 To keep your statutes faithfully shall always be my willing choice.

Tune:  Louvan LM

Psalm 119:97-104

97  O how I love your law; it is my study all the day.
98  It makes me wiser than my foes; its precepts with me stay.
99  More than my teachers or the old your servant understands;
100 your testimonies I consult and follow your commands.

101 I stayed my feet from evil ways that I your word observe;
102 I have been taught by you and from your judgments will not swerve.
103 How sweet in taste your promises, than honey far more sweet!
104 Your precepts understanding give; I therefore hate deceit.

Tune: All Saints New (C M D)

Psalm 119:89-96

89 Your word endures for ever, LORD; it firmly stands throughout the heav'ns.
90 Your faithfulness lasts for all time; you made the earth and it remains.

91 For they stand firm and fast today, and, as your servants, do your will.
92 I, too if I'd not loved your law, would in my troubles be consumed.

93 Never will I neglect your rules, for by them you keep me in life.
94 Yes, I am yours, so save me now, for I have sought to keep your words.

95 The wicked would destroy my life, but on your laws I meditate.
96 All human thoughts are limited, but full and boundless is your will.

Tune:  Duke Street (LM)