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Domine in virtute
Author: Thomas Sternhold Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O Lord how joyfull is the King
Domine in virtute
O Lord, how joyful is the king
Author: T. S. Hymnal: The Whole Book of Psalms #XXI (1790) Lyrics: 1 O Lord, how joyful is the king
in thy strength and thy power,
Exceedingly he doth rejoice
in thee his Saviour.
2 For thou hast given unto him
his godly heart's desire;
To him thou nothing hast deny'd
of that he did require.
3 Thou didst prevent him with thy gifts
and blessings manifold,
And thou hast set upon his head
a crown of perfect gold.
4 And when he asked life of thee,
thereof thou mad'st him sure
To have long life, yea, such a life
as ever shall endure.
5 Great is his glory by thy help,
thy benefit and aid;
Great worship and great honour both
thou hast upon him laid.
6 Thou wilt give him felicity,
that never shall decay,
And with thy cheerful countenance
wilt comfort him alway.
7 Because the king doth strongly trust
in God for to prevail.
Therefore his goodness and his grace
to save him will not fail.
8 Thy enemies shall feel thy force,
and those that thee withstand;
Find out thy foes, and let them feel
the power of thy right hand.
9 And like an oven burn them, Lord,
in fiery flame and fume;
Thy anger shall destroy them all,
and fire shall them consume.
10 And thou shalt root out of the earth
their fruit that should increase,
And from the number of thy folk
their seed shall end and cease.
11 For they much mischief did contrive
against thy holy name;
Yet did they fail, and had no power
for to perform the same:
12 But as a mark thou shalt them set
in a most open place,
And charge thy bow-strings readily
against their very face.
13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thy
own strength, which is our tower;
So shall we sing right solemnly,
praising thy might and power. Scripture: Psalm 21 Languages: English
O Lord, how joyful is the king
Domine in virtute
Author: T. S. Hymnal: The Whole Booke of Psalmes #9c (1640) First Line: O Lord how joyfull is the King Lyrics: 1 O Lord, how joyfull is the King,
in thy strength and thy power?
How vehemently doth he rejoyce
in thee his Saviour?
2 For thou hast given unto him
his godly hearts desire:
To him thou nothing hast deni'd.
of that he did require.
3 Thou didst prevent him with thy gifts
and blessings manifold:
And thou hast set upon his head.
a crowne of perfect gold.
4 And when he asked life of thee,
thereof thou mad'st him sure:
To have long life, yea, such a life
as ever shall endure.
5 Great is his glory by thy help,
thy benefit and aid:
Great worship and great honour both.
thou hast upon him laid.
6 Thou wilt give him felicity,
that never shall decay:
And with thy cheerfull countenance
wilt comfort him alway.
7 For why, the king doth strongly trust
in God for to prevaile
Therefore his goodnesse and his grace
will not that he shall qaile.
8 But let thine enemies feele thy forece,
and those that thee withstand,
Find out thy foes, and let them feel
the power of thy right hand,
9 And like an oven burn them Lord,
in fiery flame and fume,
Thine anger shall destroy them all,
and fire shall them consume.
10 And thou shalt root out of the earth
their fruit that should increase:
And from the number of thy folk
their seed shall end and cease:
11 For why, much mischief did they make
against thy holy Name:
Yet did they faile, and had no power
for to performe the same.
12 But as a mark thou shalt them set
in a most open place:
And charge thy bow-strings readily
against thine enemies face.
13 Be thou exalted Lord therefore
in thy strength every houre:
So shall we sing right solemnly,
praising thy might and power.
Scripture: Psalm 21 Languages: English
Domine in virtute
Thomas Sternhold
1449 - 1549 Person Name: T. S. Author of "Domine in virtute" in The Whole Booke of Psalmes Thomas Sternhold was Groom of the Robes to Henry VIII and Edward VI. With Hopkins, he produced the first English version of the Psalms before alluded to. He completed fifty-one; Hopkins and others composed the remainder. He died in 1549. Thirty-seven of his psalms were edited and published after his death, by his friend Hopkins. The work is entitled "All such Psalms of David as Thomas Sternhold, late Groome of the King's Majestye's Robes, did in his Lyfetime drawe into Englyshe Metre." Of the version annexed to the Prayer Book, Montgomery says: "The merit of faithful adherence to the original has been claimed for this version, and need not to be denied, but it is the resemblance which the dead bear to the living." Wood, in his "Athenae Oxonlenses" (1691, vol. I, p. 62), has the following account of the origin of Sternhold's psalms: "Being a most zealous reformer, and a very strict liver, he became so scandalized at the amorous and obscene songs used in the Court, that he, forsooth, turned into English metre fifty-one of David's psalms, and caused musical notes to be set to them, thinking thereby that the courtiers would sing them instead of their sonnets; but they did not, some few excepted. However, the poetry and music being admirable, and the best that was made and composed in these times, they were thought fit to be sung in all parochial churches." Of Sternhold and Hopkins, old Fuller says: "They were men whose piety was better than their poetry, and they had drunk more of Jordan than of Helicon." Sternhold and Hopkins may be taken as the representatives of the strong tendency to versify Scripture that came with the Reformation into England--a work men eagerly entered on without the talent requisite for its successful accomplishment. The tendency went so far, that even the "Acts of the Apostles" was put into rhyme, and set to music by Dr. Christopher Tye.
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.
Thomas Sternhold
