Scripture Verse

Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord. Psalm 68:32

Introduction

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Franz J. Haydn (1732–1809)

Words: From A New Ver­sion of the Psalms of Da­vid, by Na­hum Tate & Ni­cho­las Bra­dy, 1696.

Music: Bow­en, from Franz J. Hay­dn (1732–1809) (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

  • Old Ten Com­mand­ments at­trib­ut­ed to J. Bap­tist Bo­no­met­ti, 1560 (🔊 pdf nwc). The Au­di Is­ra­el of an­cient and Ba­va of mo­dern col­lect­ions. Sung by the Pu­ri­tans from Ains­worth’s Psalms.

Lyrics

With one con­sent, let all the earth
To God their cheer­ful voic­es raise;
Glad hom­age pay with aw­ful mirth,
And sing be­fore Him songs of praise.

Convinced that He is God alone,
From whom both we and all pro­ceed;
We, whom He choos­es for His own,
The flock that He vouch­safes to feed.

O en­ter, then, His tem­ple gate,
Thence to His courts de­vout­ly press,
And still your grate­ful hymns re­peat,
And still His name with prais­es bless.

For He’s the Lord, su­preme­ly good;
His mer­cy is for­ev­er sure;
His truth, which al­ways firm­ly stood,
To end­less ag­es shall en­dure.