{"id":819,"date":"2011-07-24T14:34:17","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T18:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/?p=819"},"modified":"2011-07-24T14:34:17","modified_gmt":"2011-07-24T18:34:17","slug":"from-the-psalms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/2011\/07\/24\/from-the-psalms\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Psalms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s reading, \u00a0Psalms 87-89, brought to mind two songs, one a hymn by John Newton in 1779 and the other a chorus from my youth that is still sung today (occasionally). I really love reading the scriptures and having songs I’ve sung jump off the pages at me as these two did today.<\/p>\n

“Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken” was written by Newton in 1779 and the title and first phrases come pretty much straight from Psalm 87:3<\/a> “Glorious things of you are spoken,\u00a0O\u00a0city of God.” The rest of the hymn draws from other scripture text.<\/p>\n

Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God;
\nHe whose word cannot be broken formed thee for His own abode;
\non the Rock of Ages founded, what can shake thy sure repose?
\nWith salvation’s walls surrounded, thou may’st smile at all thy foes.<\/p>\n

See! the streams of living waters, springing from eternal love,
\nwell supply thy sons and daughters and all fear of want remove.
\nWho can faint while such a river ever floes their thirst to assuage?
\nGrace, which, like the Lord, the giver, never fails from age to age.<\/p>\n

Round each habitation hov’ring, see the cloud and fire appear
\nfor a glory and a covering, showing that the Lord is near.
\nThus deriving from their banner, light by night, and shade by day,
\nsafe they feed upon the manna which he gives them when they pray.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Blest inhabitants of Zion, washed in the Redeemer’s blood!
\nJesus, whom their souls rely on, makes them kings and priests to God.
\n‘Tis his love his people raises over self to reign as kings:
\nand as priests, his solemn praises each for a thank offering brings.<\/p>\n

The second, from Psalm 89<\/a>, is “I Will Sing of the Mercies of the Lord” written by James Fillmore in the early 20th century and reached popularity in the 1960s.<\/p>\n

I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever,
\nI will sing, I will sing.
\nI will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever,
\nI will sing the mercies of the LORD.<\/p>\n

With my mouth will I make known
\nyour faithfulness your faithfulness;
\nWith my mouth will I make known
\nyour faithfulness to all generations.<\/p>\n

I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever,
\nI will sing of the mercies of the LORD.<\/p>\n

How about you? \u00a0How often do the songs you sing come to light when you read the Bible?<\/p>\n

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Today’s reading, \u00a0Psalms 87-89, brought to mind two songs, one a hymn by John Newton in 1779 and the other a chorus from my youth that is still sung today (occasionally). I really love reading the scriptures and having songs I’ve sung jump off the pages at me as these two did today. “Glorious Things… <\/p>\n

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