O Lord, grant the king a long life (Maurice Greene)
Music files
ICON | SOURCE |
---|---|
Midi | |
MusicXML | |
Finale 2015 | |
File details | |
Help |
- Editor: Mike Wallen (submitted 2021-07-20). Score information: Letter, 25 pages, 575 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: choir voices use C-clefs.
General Information
Title: O Lord, grant the king a long life
Composer: Maurice Greene
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB, with Tenor solo
Genre: Sacred, Verse anthem
Language: English
Instruments: Organ with Basso continuo
First published: 1743 in Forty Select Anthems, no. 40
Description: This is a Verse Anthem with Tenor Solo and SATB choir. Text is from Psalms 61, 79, 132, 118, and 20
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text
O Lord, grant the King a long, a long life;
O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness,
that they may preserve him.
Let thy mercy continue with him for evermore;
and thy counsel stand fast with him.
Let his seed endure for ever,
and his Throne as the days of Heaven.
As for his enemies, clothe them with shame:
but upon himself let his Crown flourish.
This is the Day which the Lord hath made;
we will rejoyce and be glad in it.
We will rejoyce in thy salvation;
and Triumph in the Name of the Lord our God.