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Author: Dewey Westra Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.7.10.8.10 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Birth of Christ; Covenant; Deliverance From Enemies; God or Christ as Light; Providence of God; Salvation Scripture: Luke 1:67-79 Used With Tune: BENEDICTUS Text Sources: Song of Zacharias

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BENEDICTUS

Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.7.10.8.10 Appears in 45 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Anonymous Tune Sources: Dutch Psalter, Song of Zacharias Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 56535 44323 45432 Used With Text: Blest Be the God of Israel

BENEDICTUS

Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.7.10.8.10 Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Anonymous; Dick Lucas Van Halsema

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Blest Be the God of Israel

Author: Dewey Westra Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Blue) #333 (1976) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.7.10.8.10 Topics: Deliverance From Enemies; Light: God, Christ, As; Prince Of Peace, Christ The; Rewards Of The Righteous; Birth of Christ Scripture: Luke 1:67-79 Languages: English Tune Title: BENEDICTUS

Blest Be the God of Israel

Author: Dewey Westra Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Red) #344 (1934) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.7.10.8.10 Topics: Birth of Christ; Covenant; Deliverance From Enemies; God or Christ as Light; Providence of God; Salvation Scripture: Luke 1:67-79 Languages: English Tune Title: BENEDICTUS

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Anonymous

Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.7.10.8.10 Composer of "BENEDICTUS" in Psalter Hymnal (Red) In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Dewey Westra

1899 - 1979 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.7.10.8.10 Versifier of "Blest Be the God of Israel" in Psalter Hymnal (Red) Dewey D. Westra (b. Holland, MI, 1899; d. Wyoming, MI, 1979) was a dedicated educator, writer, and musician who faithfully served the Christian Reformed Church. He attended Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Wayne State University in Detroit. In the 1920s and 30s he was a Christian school Principal in Byron Center and Detroit, Michigan. During the 1940s he was involved in various ventures, including becoming a diesel instructor for the Ford Motor Company. After 1947 he became a principal again, serving at Christian schools in Sioux Center, Iowa; Randolph, Wisconsin; and Walker, Michigan. Westra wrote poetry in English, Dutch, and Frisian, and translated poetry into English from Dutch and Frisian. He arranged many songs and composed songs for children's choirs. He also versified all one hundred and fifty psalms and the Lord's Prayer, as well as the songs of Mary, Zechariah, and Simeon, in meters that fit the corresponding Genevan psalm tunes. His manuscripts are housed in the library of Calvin College. Seventeen of his psalm versifications and his paraphrases of the Lucan canticles were included in the 1934 and in the 1959 editions of the Psalter Hymnal. Much of the credit for keeping the Genevan psalms alive in the Christian Reformed Church goes to Westra. Bert Polman