O Lord God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance (William Child)

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• (Posted 2021-05-04)  CPDL #64299: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2021-05-04).   Score information: A4, 9 pages, 473 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. Edition prepared fom the Tudway collection, and offered at original pitch.

• (Posted 2016-09-18)  CPDL #41163:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2016-09-18).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 90 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of #7755. Transposed up to C minor. Note values doubled and minor corrections to the underlay.

• (Posted 2004-08-11)  CPDL #07755:      (Sibelius 2)

Editor: Stuart McIntosh (submitted 2004-08-11).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 140 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: O Lord God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance
Composer: William Child
Source of text: Psalm 79

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SAATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description:  "A full anthem in 5 parts compos'd in the year 1644 on the occasion of the abolishing the Common Prayer and overthrowing the constitution, both in church and state." One of Child's numerous settings commenting upon the contemporary political events of the English civil war from a Laudian perspective.

Original text and translations

English text

1  O Lord God, the heathen come into thine inheritance: thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem an heap of stones.
4  We are become an open shame to our enemies: a very scorn and derision unto them that are round about us.
5  Lord, how long wilt thou be angry: shall thy jealousy burn like fire for ever?
8a  O remember not, our old sins, but have mercy upon us;
For thou art the Lord our God, and thou, O Lord, will we praise for evermore.