Here are my (currently 17) musical settings of various complete psalms, some part psalms, and single psalm verses (by number, and alphabetically):
- 23 Adonai Roi
- 23 V’shavti B’veit Adonai
- 36 Nir’eh Or / In Your light, we see light
- 81 Simcha Song
- 86 Come Down, God
- 87 Holy Mountain
- 89 Ashrei Ha’am
- 92 Mah Gadlu / How great are Your works
- 96 Shiru Ladonai, Shir Chadash
- 96 Yism’chu Hashamayim
- 103 Barchi Nafshi
- 118 B’ruchah Haba’ah
- 121 I lift my eyes to the mountains / Essa Einai
- 131 Trust in You
- 136 Ki L’Olam Chasdo
- 150 Halleluyah No. 1
- 150 Halleluyah No. 2
- Adonai Roi (Ps 23) – a gentle song, with a simple, memorable chorus. Composed for the Yizkor service at Oxford in 2020.
- Ashrei Ha’am (Ps. 89:16-19; SATB) – Rosh Hashanah; Parshat B’ha’alotecha – includes fun (optional) vocal ‘echoes’ in the chorus
- Barchi Nafshi (Ps 103:1-12) – thoughtful; verses used at Kol Nidrei and High Holy Days; usually solo
- B’ruchah Haba’ah (Ps. 118:26; Song of Songs 6:10; 2 voices) – baby blessing (girl); wedding; bat mitzvah – very easy for a congregation to pick up by ear during the service
- Come Down, God (Ps. 86:1-7; solo) – spiritual challenge; loss; healing; interfaith – can also be sung as a wordless nigun
- I lift my eyes to the mountains / Essa Einai (Ps. 121; solo a cappella) – spiritual challenge; interfaith; funeral; memorial
- Halleluyah No. 1 (Ps. 150; solo) – shabbat; morning; praise; interfaith
- Halleluyah No. 2 (Ps. 150; SATB + optional soprano solo) – shabbat; morning; praise; interfaith – 4 part round (32 bar melody)
- Holy Mountain (Ps. 87; SATB) – shabbat; praise; interfaith – lively
- Nir’eh Or / In Your light, we see light (Ps.36:8-10; solo) – baby blessing; bar mitzvah ; bat mitzvah ; wedding; protection, healing
- Ki L’Olam Chasdo (Ps. 136:1-2, 5-6, 16, 25, 3, 26; SATB) – Great Hallel – shabbat, Yom Tov, Pesach, Hoshanah Rabbah (7th day of Sukkot)
- Mah Gadlu / How great are Your works (Ps. 92:6; 3 voices) – morning; praise; interfaith; any time – 3 part round (12 bar melody)
- Shiru Ladonai, Shir Chadash (Ps 96:1-2, 7-8, 11-13) – gentle and joyful; solo, art song; in 8/8 with irregular rhythms
- Simcha Song (Ps. 81; 3 voices) – celebrations: bar / bat mitzvah, wedding, anniversary, baby blessing (brit shalom, brit milah, brit bat); festivals – 3 part round (48 bar melody)
- Trust in You (Ps. 131; solo) – spiritual challenge; Shoah memorial; interfaith; Parshat Va’yeshev (Joseph in prison)
- V’shavti B’veit Adonai (Ps. 23:6; 2 voices) – for reassurance; shabbat; Yom Kippur Mincha – 2 part round (32 bar melody)
- Yism’chu Hashamayim (Ps 96:11) – energetic and fun, a real earworm!