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Psalm 136

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Paraphaser (English): C. Michael Hawn

C. Michael Hawn University Distinguished Professor of Church Music Director, Master of Sacred Music Program Education D.M.A., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1975; M.C.M., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1972; B.M.E., Wheaton College, 1970 Teaching Specialties Worship and music, worship and culture, Seminary Singers, hymnology Research Interests Global music and worship, cross-cultural worship, enlivening congregational song Selected Publications :: C. Michael Hawn, ed., New Songs of Celebration Render: Congregational Singing in the Twenty-First Century (Chicago: GIA Publications, Inc., 2013) :: C. Michael Hawn, contributor, Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology (Norwich, UK: Canterbury Press, 2013), http://hym… Go to person page >

Author (Swahili): Mwalimu Glenn T. Boyd

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Text Information

First Line: Give thanks unto the Lord for God is ever good
Title: Psalm 136
Paraphaser (English): C. Michael Hawn
Author (Swahili): Mwalimu Glenn T. Boyd
Language: English; Swahili
Publication Date: 1999
Notes: Kenya
Copyright: From Four African Hymns © 1994 Choristers Guild
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