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Worship and Its Motives

Representative Text

1 O come and sing to God, the Lord,
To him our voices raise;
Let us in our most joyful songs,
The Lord, our Savior, praise.

2 Before his presence let us come
With praise and thankful voice;
Let us sing psalms to him with joy,
With grateful hearts rejoice.

3 He is a great and mighty king,
Above all gods his throne;
The depths of earth are in his hand,
The mountains are his own.

4 To him the spacious sea belongs,
He made its waves and tides;
And by his hand the rising land
Was formed and still abides.

5 O come, and bowing down to him
Our worship let us bring;
Yes, let us kneel before the Lord,
Our Maker and our King.

Source: Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.) #103

Author: Anonymous

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. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O come and to Jehovah sing
Title: Worship and Its Motives
Author: Anonymous (1650)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

CHOPIN


[O come and sing to God, the Lord]


ST. PETER (Reinagle)

Composed by Alexander R. Reinagle (b. Brighton, Sussex, England, 1799; d. Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England, 1877), ST. PETER was published as a setting for Psalm 118 in Reinagle's Psalm Tunes for the Voice and Pianoforte (c. 1836). The tune first appeared with Newton's text in Hymns Ancient and Mode…

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Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #4721
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  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
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The Cyber Hymnal #4748
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Instances

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Text

Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.) #103

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #4721

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #4748

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