“One Finger Thumb & Strum” 

This is a new first verse transcription of Psalm 114 Genevan melody . 

These tablature examples are nearly all transcribed to the Key of D or Dm to simplify the learning and playing of what are often rather difficult tunes for the guitar. Please see Thumb & Strum  in the menu above.

Psalm 114 was especially loved by the French Huguenots and helps us to reflect on what they treasured in the Psalms. The French Huguenots sang this psalm often and gladly (even though the Genevan tune to which it was set strikes our contemporary ears as very strange and difficult).

It was also a psalm that was important to God’s people in Old Testament times for it was part of the “Egyptian Hallel,” Psalms 113–118, which was sung by the Jews at the Passover season.  Psalm 114 in particular exalts God as our deliverer, a truth that is especially important to Christians who are facing persecution.

Paraphrased from: W. Robert, Godfrey. Learning to Love the Psalms (pp. 7-8). Ligonier Ministries. Kindle Edition.