Psalms for All Seasons ‎#117C

117C. From All That Dwell Below the Skies

1 From all that dwell below the skies
let the Creator's praise arise:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Let the Redeemer's name be sung
through every land, in every tongue.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!

2 In every land begin the song,
to every land the strains belong:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
In cheerful sound all voices raise
and fill the world with joyful praise.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!

3 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord;
eternal truth attends thy word:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
till suns shall rise and set no more.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!

Text Information

• First Line: From all that dwell below the skies
• Title: From All That Dwell Below the Skies
• Author: Isaac Watts, 1675-1748 (1719)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8 with alleluias
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Psalm 117
• Topic: Church Year: Baptism of the Lord; Church Year: Easter; Daily Prayer: Evening Prayer; Doxologies; Elements of Worship: Gathering; God's: Faithfulness; God's: Holiness; God's: Love; Hymns of Praise; Love; Mission; Occasional Services: Christian Marriage; Occasional Services: Civic / National Occasions; People of God / Church: Witnessing; Truth; Worship

Tune Information

• Name: LASST UNS ERFREUEN
• Adaptor and harmonizer.: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8 with alleluias
• Incipit: 8888
• Key: D Major
• Source: Auserlesen Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesange, Cologne, 1623