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Why Do Heathen Nations Rage?

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First Line: Why do heathen nations rage? Why do peoples plot in vain?
Title: Why Do Heathen Nations Rage?
Meter: 7.7.7.7 D
Source: OPC/URCNA 2016
Language: English
Copyright: © 2018 Trinity Psalter Hymnal Joint Venture

Tune

SALZBURG (Hintze)

The tune SALZBURG, named after the Austrian city made famous by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was first published anonymously in the nineteenth edition of Praxis Pietatis Melica (1678); in that hymnbook's twenty-fourth edition (1690) the tune was attributed to Jakob Hintze (b. Bernau, Germany, 1622; d. B…

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MONSEY CHAPEL

Dick L. Van Halsema (b. Kentwood, MI, 1922) attended Calvin College and Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan; Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey; and Union Theological Seminary in New York City. Ordained in 1949, he served pastorates in Christian Reformed congregations in Monsey, New York; M…

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Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

The Book of Psalms for Singing #2

Treasury of Psalms and Hymns #4

Trinity Psalter Hymnal #2A

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Trinity Psalter Hymnal #2B

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