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
Appears in 23 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: T. E. PerkinsScripture: 2 Samuel 23:4Tune Key: G Major or modalIncipit: 53216 51122 12353 Used With Text: Matthew 6:25-34
Meter: 7.6.7.6 DAppears in 18 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Alfred V. FedakScripture: 2 Samuel 23:4-5Tune Sources: Irish folk melodyTune Key: C MajorIncipit: 13223 65165 21113 Used With Text: Sometimes a Light Surprises
Appears in 168 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William M. RunyanScripture: 2 Samuel 23:5Tune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 33332 24444 36765 Used With Text: Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Meter: 8.6.8.6Appears in 551 hymnalsScripture: 2 Samuel 23:4Tune Sources: William Gardiner's 'Sacred Melodies,' 1812.Tune Key: A MajorIncipit: 53217 76155 54332 Used With Text: Come, let us to the Lord our God
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7Appears in 70 hymnalsScripture: 2 Samuel 23:3-4Tune Sources: Welsh traditional melody; Musical Relics of Welsh Bards, 1800Tune Key: G MajorIncipit: 11113 12577 11765 Used With Text: Judge eternal, throned in splendour
Meter: 6.6.8.6Appears in 85 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Samuel Wesley, 1766-1837 Scripture: 2 Samuel 23:5Tune Key: D MajorIncipit: 51346 55657 12551 Used With Text: Put thou thy trust in God
Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 709 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Paul DettermanScripture: 2 Samuel 23:4Tune Sources: W. Gardiner’s Sacred Melodies, 1815Tune Key: G MajorIncipit: 51712 56711 17627 Used With Text: When Evening Falls and Labors Cease