This page lists bible verses from the Old Testaments for which tunes have been written by the author.
(Tunes whose titles are marked by an asterisk have been harmonized. All others are available only with the melody.)
(One tune, “How Can I Repay the Lord”, has been arranged for four part choral presentation, and is marked by a superscript 4)
Usage: Click “Score” to display the musical score;
Click “Play” to play the song (sung in soprano ah-ah, some with piano accompaniment)
| Scripture Verses | Song Title | Lyrics | ||
| Gen. 1:3 | Let There Be Light | And God said, (1x) “Let there be light,” and there was light. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Joshua 24:15 | As for Me and My House * | As for me, and my house, we will serve the Lord. We will serve the Lord. (4x) | Score | Play |
| I Samuel 15:22 | Does the Lord Delight * | Does the Lord delight in burnt off’rings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord? (2x) To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. (2x) | Score | Play |
| I Chron. 29:14b | Everything Comes from You | Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand. (2x) | Score | Play |
| II Chronicles 7:14 | People Called By God’s Name | If my people who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, (1x) then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Job 12:12, Psalms 92:14 | Wisdom among the Aged | Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding? (1x) They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Job 23:10 | When He Has Tested Me | But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 9:10 | You Have Never Forsaken | Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, Lord , have never forsaken those who seek you. (1x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 17:15 | In Righteousness I Will See Your Face | And I, in righteousness I will see your face; when I awake, (1x) I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness (2x). | Score | Play |
| Psalms 18:1 | I Love You, O Lord, My Strength | I love you, O Lord, my strength. (4x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 19:1 | The Heavens Declare * | The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 19:12-14 | Be Pleasing in God’s Sight | Who can discern his errors? (1x) Forgive my hidden faults. (2x) Keep your servant, also (1x) from willful sins, (2x) may they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression. O Lord my rock and my redeemer, may the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart (1x) be pleasing in your sight (4x). | Score | Play |
| Psalms 20:7 | Some Trust in Chariots | Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 23:1 | The Lord Is My Shepherd | The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 27:4 | Dwell in the House of the Lord | One thing I ask of the Lord , this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. (1x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 30:5 | His Favor Lasts a Lifetime | For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; (1x) weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 34:8 | Taste and See | Taste (1x) and see that the Lord is good (2x). Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him. (3x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 42:11 | Why Are You Downcast | Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God,for I will yet praise him, (1x) my Savior and my God (2x). | Score | Play |
| Psalms 50:14 | Sacrifice Thank Offerings to God * | Sacrifice thank offerings to God; fulfill your vows to the Most High. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 51:17 | A Broken and Contrite Heart | The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 57:9-11 | I Will Praise You among the Nations | O Lord, I will praise you among the nations, I will sing of you among the people. For great is your love reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. (1x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 73:28 | I Will Tell of All Your Deeds | But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; (1x) I will tell of all your deeds. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 86:15 | Compassionate and Gracious God | But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. (1x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 94:19 | Consolation | When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 100:1,2 | Shout for Joy to the Lord | Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. (2x) Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. (1x) Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. (1x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 101:1 | I Will Sing of Your Love | I will sing of your love and justice; (2x) to you, O Lord, I will sing praise. (1x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 103:2-4 | Forget Not His Benefits * | Praise the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits. (2x) Who forgives all your sins, and heals all your diseases. Who redeems your life from the pit, and crowns you with love and compassion. (1x) Praise the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 103:11 | As High As the Heavens | For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 116:12-14,17 | How Can I Repay the Lord 4 | How can I repay the Lord (1x) for all his goodness to me? (4x) How can I repay the Lord (2x). (I will lift up the cup of salvation (2x) and call on the name of the Lord . (2x) I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people. (1x)) (2x) I will sacrifice a thank offering to you, O Lord, and call on your name. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 118:8,9 | Better to Take Refuge in the Lord | It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes. (1x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 119:11 | I Have Hidden Your Word * | I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 119:18 | Wonderful Things in Your Law | Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 119:71 | It Was Good for Me to Be Afflicted | It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 119:105 | Lamp to My Feet * | Your word (1x) is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 130:3-4 | Who Could Stand | If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? (1x) But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared. (2x)’ | Score | Play |
| Psalms 139:14 | Fearfully and Wonderfully Made | I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; (1x) your works are wonderful, I know that full well. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Psalms 147:10,11 | In whom the Lord Delights | His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor His delight in the legs of a man; the Lord delights in those who fear Him, who put their hope in His unfailing love. (1x) | Score | Play |
| Prov. 9:10 | The Beginning of Wisdom | The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Prov. 10:12 | Love Covers All Wrongs | Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Prov. 16:9 | The Lord Determines | In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Eccl. 3:11 | Everything Beautiful | He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart (1x); yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.(2x) | Score | Play |
| Eccl. 12:1 | Remember Your Creator | Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, (2x) before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them.” (1x) Remember your Creator in the days of your youth. Remember your Creator. (1x) | Score | Play |
| Isaiah 1:18 b | Though Your Sins Are Like Scarlet | Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Isaiah 44:22 | Swept Away Your Offenses | I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. (1x) Return to me, for I have redeemed you. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Isaiah 53:6 | We All, Like Sheep | We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; (1x) and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Isaiah 54:10 | Though the Mountains Be Shaken | Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed. (2x) Says the Lord, who has compassion on you. (2x) | Score | Play |
| Isaiah 55:1 | Buy Without Cost | Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. (1x) Come, buy wine and milk. (1x) | Score | Play |
| Isaiah 55:6 | Seek the Lord While He May Be Found | Seek the Lord while he may be found; (4x) call on him while he is near . (4x) | Score | Play |
| Jer. 17:9 | The Heart Is Deceitful | The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? (2x) | Score | Play |
| Hosea 6:1 | Let Us Return to the Lord | Come, let us return to the Lord. (2x) He has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds. (1x) | Score | Play |
| Micah 6:8 | Walk with Your God | O man, He has showed you what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. (1x) | Score | Play |