Psalm 82

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Arise, O God, in judgment

Author: Henry Zylstra
Tune: MEIRIONYDD
Published in 1 hymnal

Piano/Organ
	Hymn Meditations for Organ, Vol. 6

Author: Henry Zylstra

Henry Zylstra (b. Platte, SD, 1909; d. Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1956) earned an undergraduate degree at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan; studied German literature at Iowa State University; and received his Ph.D. in comparative literature from Harvard University. From 1943 to 1956 he taught in the English department at Calvin College. His tenure there was interrupted by service in the United States Navy (1943-1945), during which he received the Bronze Star for "unusually meritorious service." He was studying under a Fulbright professorship at the Free University of Amsterdam when he died of a heart attack in 1956. A founder of Reformed Journal, Zylstra was a greatly esteemed teacher and leader at Calvin College and in the Chris… Go to person page >

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	Arise, O God, in judgment
Title:	Psalm 82
Author:	Henry Zylstra
Notes:	Responsive refrain to reading of Psalm 82

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Tune

MEIRIONYDD

William Lloyd (b. Rhos Goch, Llaniestyn, Caernarvonshire, Wales, 1786; d. Caernarvonshire, 1852) composed MEIRIONYDD, which was first published in manuscript form with the name BERTH in Caniadau Seion (Songs of Zion, 1840, ed. R. Mills). The tune is named after the Welsh county Meirionydd in which L…

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