Here are two ways to sing a Psalm right now.

A. Find Psalm 23 in your copy of Psalms of David in Metre (or see below). Click the example found on our Home page — the tune offered by Connor Quigley at SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/connorq/psalm-23-tune-crimond — and sing along.

Psalm 23   A Psalm of David.

1 The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want. He makes me down to lie
In pastures green: he leadeth me the quiet waters by.
3 My soul he doth restore again; and me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness, ev’n for his own name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale, yet will I fear none ill:
For thou art with me; and thy rod and staff me comfort still.
5 My table thou hast furnished in presence of my foes;
My head thou dost with oil anoint, and my cup overflows.
6 Goodness and mercy all my life shall surely follow me:
And in God’s house for evermore my dwelling-place shall be.

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B. Use The Psalms of David in Metre – A Supplement  and Psalms of David in Metre:

• Select a Psalm. Read it in your Bible. Think about what God is saying to you and your response to God in this Psalm.
• Find it in your copy of Psalms of David in Metre
• Choose a suggested tune in The Psalms of David in Metre – A Supplement (pages xii – xxiii )
• Option #1 – Play the tune which can be found in The Psalms of David in Metre – A Supplement (pages 1- 180)
• Option #2 – Select the tune from ‘Tunes Used’ found under “A Supplement” on the Menu bar and sing the Psalm.
• Questions? Please contact us.

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If the words don’t seem to fit a recommended tune, remember…

• • • Every syllable of a word is sung in the Psalter. An apostrophe means the word is shortened — “increased” is sung “in-creas-ed”; but “increas’d” is sung “in-creasd”.
    • 2 syllables are sometimes sung on a single note at the end of a line.
    • One syllable is sometimes held for two notes.
    • More information is under ‘Introduction’ and ‘Getting Started’ in our instruction book The Psalms of David in Metre – A Supplement or under “Sample Pages” on this website: Getting Started & Encouraging New Psalmsingers (revised 2014)
    • Hymn tunes are in a variety of meters. If using the tunes from page vii, please stick with New Britain, Crimond, Denfield/Azmon, and St. Anne until you are more familiar with meter and how it works (pages 182-187 in the Supplement).

Psalm 23 and Psalm 100 are the two Psalms that many churches have retained over the years. You may find them in your current hymnbook.