O give thanks unto the Lord (Maurice Greene)

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(Posted 2021-07-19) CPDL #65215:

Editor: Mike Wallen (submitted 2021-07-19). Score information: Letter, 24 pages, 509 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: choir voices use C-clefs.

General Information

Title: O give thanks unto the Lord
Composer: Maurice Greene
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB, with Countertenor solo and Bass solo.
Genre: Sacred, Verse anthem

Language: English
Instruments: Organ with Basso continuo

First published: 1743 in Forty Select Anthems, no. 33
Description: This is a Verse Anthem with Contratenor and Bass Solos with SSATB choir. Text is from Psalm 107.

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Original text and translations

English text

O give thanks unto the Lord,
Let them give thanks,
whom the Lord hath redeemed,
and deliver'd from the hand, from the hand of the enemy.
For he hath broken the Gates of Brass,
He hath brought them out of Darkness,
and the shadow of Death,
and deliver'd them from their distress.
O that men, wou'd therefore praise the Lord, for his goodness,
and declare the wonders that he doth for the children of men;
That they wou'd offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and tell out his works with Gladness.