Alleluia (Sinclair)

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Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Author: Jerry Sinclair (1972)
Tune: ALLELUIA (Sinclair)
CCLI Number: 16811
Published in 41 hymnals

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Representative Text

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah,
hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!

Source: The Book of Praise #294

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Author: Jerry Sinclair

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Related Texts

First Line:	Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Title:	Alleluia (Sinclair)
Author:	Jerry Sinclair (1972)
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Notes:	Spanish translation: See "Aleluya, aleluya" by Anonymous
Copyright:	© 1972, Renewed 2000 by Manna Music, Inc., (ASCAP)

Korean

찬송과 예배 = Chansong gwa yebae = Come, Let Us Worship: the Korean-English Presbyterian hymnal and service book #355

Spanish

Santo, Santo, Santo: cantos para el pueblo de Dios = Holy, Holy, Holy: songs for the people of God #699

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Notes

See PHH 639 for a discussion of the "alleluia" text. In the style of praise choruses the following anonymous stanzas were added after the original setting was composed (note that each phrase is sung four times):

2 He's my Savior, alleluia!
3 He is worthy, alleluia!
4 I will praise him, alleluia!
5 Maranatha, alleluia!

With these additional stanzas the theme of "alleluia" becomes the praise of Christ. Stanzas 2 and 3 explain the reasons for this praise: Jesus is our Savior (Matt. 1:21 b), and he is worthy of all praise (Rev. 4:11; 5:12). Stanza 4 makes the "alleluia" directly person¬al, and the final stanza, "Maranatha," urges the Lord to come quickly to receive perfect praise from all his creatures.

Liturgical Use:
Various occasions of praise to God, including the Lord's Supper; with the final stanza, "Maranatha," during Advent; see PHH 639 for additional suggestions.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988

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