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• (Posted 2016-08-13)  CPDL #40745:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-08-13).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 79 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. All six stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included; stanza six modified for American use as shown below.

• (Posted 2016-08-12)  CPDL #40744:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-08-12).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 79 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All six stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included; stanza six modified for American use as shown below.

General Information

Title: Byford
First Line: Not to our names, Thou only just and true
Composer: Oliver Brownson
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 10 10. 10 10. 10 10

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1783 in Brownson's Select Harmony, p. 39
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 115, Part 2, with six stanzas.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 115.
Text to Stanza six of Watts' paraphrase altered:

English text Watts O Britain, trust the Lord: thy foes in vain Attempt thy ruin, and oppose his reign; Had they prevailed, darkness had closed our days, And death and silence had forbid his praise: But we are saved, and live; let songs arise, And Britain bless the God that built the skies.

Altered for these editions O nation, trust the Lord: thy foes in vain Attempt thy ruin, and oppose his reign; Had they prevailed, darkness had closed our days, And death and silence had forbid his praise: But we are saved, and live; let songs arise, This nation bless the God that built the skies.