I am new to using the Psalter in general for worship in any context and would like recommendations on some favorite tunes and psalms.

What are your favorites? for private and corporate settings.

Please give a little detail on edition of the psalter, etc.

much appreciated!!!

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Psalm 51E

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Ps 139 in the old/blue Trinity Hymnal (which is #33). In the new/red Trinity Hymnal, Ps 5 (#51), Ps 146 (#57), Ps. 36:5-10 (#60), Ps. 84 (#371) . . . well, there are more from both the these hymnals, but that's a start.

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I like 72C in the Book of Psalms for Singing.

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Psalm 124 to the old 124th.

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Lewis Bayly offers this guidance for choosing particular psalms for particular occasions:

I found a few other threads in which some have mentioned their favorite psalms.

Psalm 52B - Old 77th
Favorite Psalms for Listening & Learning
psalms and hymns kids should know
First Psalm Taught?
Free psalm recordings!!

Some of my personal favorites include

1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter
Psalm 1 (meditation upon God's law)
Psalm 2 (Prince Messiah reigns)
Psalm 4 (evening)
Psalm 8 (praising our Creator for his magnificent creation)
Psalm 19 (the book of nature and the book of God's law)
Psalm 23 (the Lord is my Shepherd - Crimond)
Psalm 25 ("Let not the errors of my youth / nor sins, remember'd be")
Psalm 27 ("Though me my parents both should leave / the Lord will me up take")
Psalm 32 (praise God for forgiveness of sins)
Psalm 34 ("O taste and see that God is good")
Psalm 46 ("God is our refuge and our strength")
Psalm 51 (the mercy of the Lord is great)
Psalm 68 (Huguenot war psalm)
Psalm 84 (rejoicing to dwell in the courts of the Lord)
Psalm 90 (to cast oneself upon the mercies of God)
Psalm 98 (praise the Lord)
Psalm 100 (Old 100th)
Psalm 103 (Bless the Lord)
Psalm 104 (Bless the Lord)
Psalm 115 ("Not unto us, Lord, not to us")
Psalm 119 (love the law of God)
Psalm 124 (Old 124th)
Psalm 127 (family psalm)
Psalm 128 (family psalm)
Psalm 130 (waiting upon the Lord)
Psalm 133 (unity psalm)
Psalm 136 (another of the same)
Psalm 139 (how great are the works of God)
Psalm 148 (let all praise the Lord)

Ainsworth Psalter
Psalm 23
Psalm 100

Book of Psalms for Singing
Psalm 4B (evening)
Psalm 8B (praising our Creator for his magnificent creation)
Psalm 20B (leaning upon God alone)
Psalm 23B (The Lord is my Shepherd - Crimond)
Psalm 46C (Ein' Feste Burg)
Psalm 51B (Myra)
Psalm 51D (Toplady)
Psalm 65A ("Praise waits for Thee in Zion")
Psalm 84A (Stella)
Psalm 84B (Melita)
Psalm 90C (St. Catherine)
Psalm 98A (keep oxygen tanks on hand)
Psalm 100A (Old 100th)
Psalm 100C (RPCNA Covenanter favorite)
Psalm 103A ("Bless the Lord, my soul; my whole heart")
Psalm 104D ("How many works, Lord, in wisdom You've made")
Psalm 113A (special psalm)
Psalm 122B (when all God's people assemble to magnify his name)
Psalm 124B (Old 124th)
Psalm 133A ("Behold how good a thing it is")
Psalm 138A (casting one's cares upon the Lord)
Psalm 145A (praise God for he is worthy of praise)
Psalm 147B (the snow psalm)

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wow...thanks all

My favourite is Ps. c sang to the Old Hundredth from the Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650)

Here are links to some of my favorites, recommended tunes included.

Psalm 121:1-8

Psalm 134:1-3

Psalm 2:1-12

Psalm 110:1-7

Psalm 146:1-10

Psalm 84:1-12

Psalm 52:1-9

Psalm 126:1-6

Psalm 122:1-9

Psalm 124 (II):1-8

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I have lots of favourites, but at the top would be Psalm 29 in the Anglo-Genevan Psalter. Words can be found here and music here.

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Just a few of my current favorites from the Scottish:

Psalm 51 tune: Vox Dilecti
Psalm 27 tune: Faith is the Victory
Psalm 52 tune: Old 107th
Psalm 115 tune: Non nobis
Psalm 105 tune: Farrant

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Lynnwood OPC
Psalm 52:8-9
8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

Psalm 98A in the RPCNA Book of Psalms for Singing. Very complicated tune, but beautiful when sung correctly.

Edited to add: Found MP3 of this psalm, and many more at: http://www.manhattanreformed.org/psalms.php

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Psalms 1, 2, 22, 23, 25, 32, 40, 91, 100, 110, 130, and 145 are current favorites. I prefer singing ones that are directly quoted by the NT in reference to the person and work of Christ.

I am a musical car wreck so I go with simple tunes that I've written in the back of my TBS-The Psalms of David in Metre (Scottish Psalter). You could start with Crimond, Dundee, St Magnus, St Columba, Arlington, Irish, Winchester Old, Azmom, and Martyrdom. In a pinch you could use--gasp--Amazing Grace.

You can find more tunes here.

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Mining Grace

In a pinch you could use Gilligan's Island or House of the Rising Son, they are both common meter.

Psalm 133A from the RPCNA Psalter is Chloë's favorite.

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That was awesome Josh.

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From: The Book of Psalms For Singing I like Psalm 119X as well as the one mentioned by AV1611 above.

-CH

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I love Chloe's little southern accent which can be heard distinctly around her dad's.

My favorite Psalms to sing are song 100, "All Creatures that on earth do dwell", and Psalm 90.

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Indianapolis, Indiana

After two days, he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.

Added Psalm 46:1-11.

Yeah, me too. I hope she never tries to lose it. It's okay if the Lord moves her to some place and it fades a bit, but I don't want her to make attempts to lose it. Southern accent does not mean one has to poor grammar (like my cousin, Sirmon). Sorry for the edness.

I have some new favorites now! Thanks go out to Andrew for the Psalms cds etc. They are really good.