All psalm texts utilize the Seedbed Online Psalter, by Julie and Timothy Tennent. Used with Permission. This online resource is a very helpful place to start if you are exploring psalm singing (Colossians 3:16, Ephesians 5:19).
Resources for Original Hymn/Psalm Tunes
Newly Composed Tunes for Hymns and Psalms
Psalm 100 (Enter His Gates)
Original Text from the Seedbed Psalter by Timothy and Julie Tennent:
(NOTE: Verse 4 used as a refrain)
1Shout out with joy unto the LORD;
Let all the earth now sing!
2Come worship; serve with gladness and
your songs before Him bring.
3Know that the LORD Himself is God,
He made us—not ourselves.
We are His people and His sheep,
His pasture’s where we dwell.
4Enter His gates with thanksgiving;
Into His courts with praise.
Give thanks to Him and bless His name,
His praises sing always.
5The LORD is good; His steadfast love
endures forevermore.
His faithfulness from age to age
continues ever sure.
Psalm 113 (From the Rising of the Sun)
Original Text from the Seedbed Psalter by Timothy and Julie Tennent:
1Praise the LORD, sing hallelujah! Praise, O servants of the LORD;
2Bless-ed be the LORD’s name ever—praise Him now and evermore.
3From the rising of the sun to where it sets at end of day,
The LORD’s name is to be praised in ev’ry place the sun has sway.
4For the LORD is high above the nations of earth everywhere,
And His glory is exalted o’er the heav’ns, none can compare.
5Who is like the LORD our God—the One who sits enthroned on high?
6He who stoops to look upon all on the earth from heaven high.
7He does raise the poor from dust; lifts needy ones from the ash heap;
8He seats them with princes, and with princes He their lives will keep.
9He will give the barren woman joy in children all her days;
In a home she will abide—O to the LORD be joyful praise!
No More My God (I Boast No More)
This Isaac Watts hymn text has been variously set in the past, including a fairly well-known version by the band Caedmon’s Call. I felt that Verse 1 served as a good refrain for the text. I also moved Verse 4 to the front of the remaining verses because of its gospel theme, with the remaining verses flowing out from this. The original placement of Verse 4 by Watts is likely because it mentions the throne of God, a theme that often climactically ends historic hymns.
Here is the original verse order which, apart from the use of Verse 1 as a refrain, is still reflected in the Score version linked below:
1 No more, my God! I boast no more,
Of all the duties I have done;
I quit the hopes I held before,
To trust the merits of Thy Son.
2 Now for the love I bear His name,
What was my gain, I count but loss;
My former pride I call my shame,
And nail my glory to His cross.
3 Yes,–and I must, and will esteem
All things but loss for Jesus’ sake;
Oh, may my soul be found in Him,
And of his righteousness partake.
4 The best obedience of my hands
Dares not appear before Thy throne;
But faith can answer Thy demands,
By pleading what my Lord has done.
