{"id":557,"date":"2017-05-24T13:53:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T13:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eastkilbridefreechurch.org.uk\/?p=557"},"modified":"2017-05-25T15:31:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T15:31:01","slug":"learning-new-psalm-tunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastkilbridefreechurch.org.uk\/?p=557","title":{"rendered":"A New Tune from Sing Psalms: Bowersburn"},"content":{"rendered":"

We hope over the next couple of months to learn some new tunes as a congregation. These will be introduced firstly in the Midweek Meeting, and then in the services.<\/em><\/p>\n

Our first tune is Bowersburn<\/strong>, which was written by Evan Macdonald, who is one of the elders at Glasgow City Free Church. It is to the unusual metre 10.9.10.9 trochaic, which appears only once in Sing Psalms, in the 8th section of Psalm 119. It is a beautiful section of the psalm and a lovely tune.<\/p>\n

You can listen to the tune on this link<\/a><\/p>\n

PSALM 119 (8) (10.9.10.9 trochaic)<\/strong><\/p>\n

57<\/strong> You, O LORD, are everything I\u2019ve longed for;
\nI have promised to obey your word.
\n58<\/strong> With my whole heart I have sought your favour;
\nas you promised, grant me grace, O LORD.<\/p>\n

59<\/strong> I have thought about my life and conduct,
\nand have turned my steps towards your way.
\n60<\/strong> I will hasten and, without delaying,
\nyour commands and statutes I\u2019ll obey.<\/p>\n

61<\/strong> Though the wicked with their cords ensnare me,
\nI will not forget instruction\u2019s voice.
\n62<\/strong> I will rise to give you thanks at midnight,
\nfor your righteous laws make me rejoice.<\/p>\n

63<\/strong> Those who fear you are my friends for ever,
\nall who follow in your precepts\u2019 way.
\n64<\/strong> Earth is filled with your great loving-kindness;
\nteach me your decrees, O LORD, I pray.<\/p>\n

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