This is a rhymed metrical interpretation of verses 1-5 of Psalm 66 played in an alternate Open-D Tuning
Produced by Psalms101.ca © 2025 Musical arrangement, multi-media, guitar & synthesizer by RieseH
A very simple early American song with a profound meaning. When attempting to live out what these simple lyrics say, we soon discover this can only be done with His help & grace.
JOHN 8: 12
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Learn to play this 1551 melody at an intermediate level transposed to be played in Em at the 5th fret using a Capo. More transcriptions can be freely found at Psalms101.ca as they are made available.
This was the easiest method I found to play this particular Psalm melody without too much finger gymnastics.
A simple guitar version with notation and tablature of the Magnificat, which get’s it’s name from the opening line of the canticle in Latin: “Magnificat anima mea Dominum,” which translates to “My soul magnifies the Lord”.
The Magnificat is a hymn of praise spoken by Mary, the mother of Jesus, during her visit to her cousin Elizabeth, as recorded in the Gospel of Luke 1:46-55
Melody – Strasbourg, 1539
“Israel’s history has become our history. We are part of the one people of God and the psalms of Jerusalem and Zion are fully ours.
Psalm 48 is not the local history of a little city, but it has significance for the ends of the earth. Indeed, we can appreciate this psalm and all of the Old Testament in a way that the old covenant people could not.
They had the promise; we have the fulfillment. They had the sons of Korah who wrote this psalm; we have Jesus who fulfilled this psalm.
They sang in praise of the earthly Jerusalem; we sing in praise of the heavenly Jerusalem.”
Godfrey, W. Robert. Learning to Love the Psalms (p. 101).