Meter: 7.6.7.6 DAppears in 18 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Michael HaydnScripture: 2 Samuel 23:4Tune Sources: offertory in a mass (melody adapted from)Tune Key: D MajorIncipit: 34511 76715 53234 Used With Text: Sometimes a Light Surprises
Appears in 1,550 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George James Webb (1803-1887)Scripture: 2 Samuel 23:4Incipit: 51131 16151 2325 Used With Text: The Morning Light is breaking
Meter: IrregularAppears in 452 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William SteffeScripture: 2 Samuel 23:4Tune Key: B Flat MajorIncipit: 55554 35123 33211 Used With Text: Glory, glory, Hallelujah
Meter: 7.6.7.6 DAppears in 145 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John HullahScripture: 2 Samuel 23:5Tune Key: D MajorIncipit: 32346 65175 46533 Used With Text: Sometimes a light surprises
Meter: 8.6.8.6 DAppears in 913 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George Frederic Handel (1685-1759); Lowell Mason (1792-1872); William HolfordScripture: 2 Samuel 23:1-7Tune Sources: Voce de Melodia, 1835Incipit: 17654 32156 67711 Used With Text: Joy to the World
Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 1,468 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Hatton (?-1793)Scripture: 2 Samuel 23:1-7Tune Key: D MajorIncipit: 13456 71765 55565 Used With Text: Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun
Meter: 8.6.8.6Appears in 828 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Croft, 1678-1727; Alan Gray, 1855-1935Scripture: 2 Samuel 23:1-7Tune Key: C MajorIncipit: 53651 17151 5645 Used With Text: O God, Our Help in Ages Past
Appears in 10 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. F. SherwinScripture: 2 Samuel 23:4Tune Key: G Major or modalIncipit: 32323 15135 65653 Used With Text: The morning light
Meter: 6.6.8.6Appears in 43 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Amps (1824-1910)Scripture: 2 Samuel 23:1-7Tune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 56543 23431 1234 Used With Text: How Beauteous Are Their Feet
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7Appears in 85 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry Thomas Smart, 1813-1879Scripture: 2 Samuel 23:4Tune Key: D MajorIncipit: 51756 65423 45432 Used With Text: Christ, whose glory fills the skies