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I’m currently listening to the album release New Scottish Hymns.
It’s available as a reasonably priced download from cdbaby.
The first track is Were I To Cross, a paraphrase of Psalm 139.
It sounded oddly familiar, and sure enough, it had featured on an episode of Songs Of Praise, with vocals by Emily Smith.

Here’s the lyrics:
1.
Were I to cross from land to land
Or sail afar by sea
Descend the depths or climb the heights
My Lord remains with me
2.
Before the blood ran in these veins
The days ordained for me
Were written in your book O Lord
Before I came to be
3.
I grieve to hear your enemies
Speak hatred Lord, of You
Long though they scheme with ill-intent
Their days are numbered too
4.
How precious are your thoughts to me
How countless, Lord, they are
More than the shores have grains of sand
More than the skies have stars
5.
Come search and test this heart, O lord
Dispel each anxious thought
And lead me onward evermore
To tread the path I ought
6.
How blessed am I, so bound with love
Surrounded, yet so free
In doubt or blessing, life or death
My Lord remains with me.

Lyrics (c)2008 Greg de Blieck

And here’s New Scottish’s performance from Songs Of Praise, featuring Emily Smith.