Praise to the living God! (Traditional)
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- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-07-11). Score information: A4, 1 page, 52 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn with harmony and underlaid words in the version published in The Hymnal 1982.
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-07-11). Score information: A4, 1 page, 130 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words.
General Information
Title: Praise to the living God!
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Tune: Leoni
- Translation by Max Landsberg and Newton M. Mann
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 66. 84. 66. 84
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard
First published:
Description: Traditional Hebrew melody, words based on the Hebrew Yigdal. Other versions can be found here and here.
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Original text and translations
English text
Praise to the living God!
All praisèd be his Name
who was, and is, and is to be,
for ay the same.
The one eternal God
ere aught that now appears:
the first, the last, beyond all thought
his timeless years!
Formless, all lovely forms
declare his loveliness;
holy, no holiness of earth
can his express.
Lo, he is Lord of all.
Creation speaks his praise,
and everywhere above, below,
his will obeys.
His Spirit floweth free,
high surging where it will:
in prophet’s word he spoke of old;
he speaketh still.
Established is his law,
and changeless it shall stand,
deep writ upon the human heart,
on sea, on land.
Eternal life hath he
implanted in the soul;
his love shall be our strength and stay
while ages roll.
Praise to the living God!
All praisèd be his Name
who was, and is, and is to be,
for ay the same.