O mighty God, Creator, King (Joseph Barnby)

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• (Posted 2018-12-10)  CPDL #52577:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-12-10).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 52 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from the edition on IMSLP. Note values halved.

General Information

Title: O mighty God, Creator, King
Tune: Woodleigh
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Lyricist: Godfrey Thring

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 88. 88. 88. 87

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1897 in Hymn Tunes, no. 190, p. 112
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Original text and translations

English text

1  O mighty God, Creator, King,
Who rulest over sea and land,
And dost the ocean deeps sustain
Within the hollow of Thine hand;
O hear us as we cry to Thee
For those who traverse land or sea,
That they may now and ever be
Safe in Thy holy keeping.

2  And Thou who cam'st on earth to breathe
The breath of peace o'er heath and hill,
Didst walk upon the angry wave,
And bid the troubled sea, "Be still;"
O hear us as we cry to Thee
For those who traverse land or sea,
That they may now and ever be
Safe in Thy holy keeping.

3  Wherever danger threatens, then,
O Holy Spirit, be Thou there,
And breathe into each trembling heart
The will and power of fervent prayer
That we and all who cry to Thee
With those who traverse land or sea,
Both now and evermore may be
Safe in Thy holy keeping.