Free for Churches

These worship songs are a gift. Any church, ministry, or worship group may use them freely — sing them live, project the lyrics, print and copy the charts, and run the multitracks in your services. No fee. No license to buy. No need to ask.

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What you're free to do

All of it, free, for any church or ministry, anywhere.

A note on rights — public domain

These songs are released into the public domain under Creative Commons CC0 1.0. No rights reserved. You may use, copy, perform, record, livestream, project, print, adapt, and share them freely, for any purpose — with no permission and no attribution required.

Honest background: the recordings are AI-generated on Suno (which, under current U.S. Copyright Office guidance, isn't eligible for copyright anyway), and the lyrics were written by Douglas Yates with AI drafting assistance, inspired by the Psalms. All of it — recordings, lyrics, chord charts, and lead sheets — is dedicated to the public domain so the Church can use it without a second thought.

CC0 1.0 — Public Domain creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0
Credit — not required

Because these are public domain, you don't have to credit anyone or ask anyone. If you'd like to point people to where they came from, this is plenty:

Worship songs by Douglas Yates  ·  free for the Church (CC0)

"Do we need a CCLI license for these?" — No.

U.S. law (17 U.S.C. §110(3)) already lets churches perform and display religious works during services. This open grant adds everything else — copying, projecting, printing charts, and running the multitracks — all free. CCLI covers other publishers' catalogs; these songs are simply a gift from the author, so there's nothing to report and nothing to pay.

The songs
Praise the Lord All You Nations cover art
Psalm 117

Praise the Lord All You Nations

An anthemic, stadium-style worship call for every nation to praise God.

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Psalm 28 cover art
Psalm 28

Psalm 28

An intimate, Keith Green–style worship ballad — a cry from the depths, answered.

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Let the Sound Explode cover art
Psalm 150

Let the Sound Explode

A high-energy, U2 / Delirious?–style praise anthem — all-out praise from everything that has breath.

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The Lord is My Keeper cover art
Psalm 121

The Lord is My Keeper

A Michael W. Smith–style piano worship anthem — lifting our eyes to the hills and the Keeper who never sleeps.

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My Shield and My Fortress cover art
Psalm 144

My Shield and My Fortress

A driving 1980s post-punk worship anthem — God as the rock, fortress, high tower, and shield in the heat of the battle.

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What's in each free download
Heads-up for your band: the recordings are tuned to 528 Hz (~16 cents sharp of standard A=440), so standard-tuned instruments will sound very slightly flat against the track. Play the charts in the written key; to play along with the recording, tune up ~16 cents. To run the stems live, the free WorshipSong Band app loads them with a click and transposing charts.
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