God worthy of all Praise

Representative Text

1 Be thou exalted, O my God!
Above the heav'ns where angels dwell;
Thy power on earth be known abroad,
And land to land thy wonders tell.

2 My heart is fixed, my song shall raise
Immortal honors to Thy name;
Awake my tongue, to sound his praise,
My tongue, the glory of my frame.

3 High o'er the earth his mercy reigns,
And reaches to the utmost sky;
His truth to endless years remain,
When lower worlds dissolve and die.



Source: Joyful Songs: a choice collection of new Sunday School music #21

Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Be thou exalted, O our God
Title: God worthy of all Praise
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

OLD HUNDREDTH

This tune is likely the work of the composer named here, but has also been attributed to others as shown in the instances list below. According to the Handbook to the Baptist Hymnal (1992), Old 100th first appeared in the Genevan Psalter, and "the first half of the tune contains phrases which may ha…

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EISENACH (Gesius)

MACHS MIT MIR was first published in the collection of music Das ander Theil des andern newen Operis Geistlicher Deutscher Lieder (1605) by Bartholomäus Gesius (b. Münchenberg, near Frankfurt, Germany, c. 1555; d. Frankfurt, 1613). A prolific composer, Gesius wrote almost exclusively for the churc…

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FEDERAL STREET

Henry Kemble Oliver (b. Beverly, MA, 1800; d. Salem, MA, 1885) composed FEDERAL STREET in 1832, possibly as an imitation of earlier psalm tunes in long meter. He took it to a music class taught by Lowell Mason (who may have contributed to the harmony); Mason (PHH 96) published it in his Boston Acade…

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Timeline

Instances

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A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs #11

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship #XLVII

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #XLVII

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #48

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Carmina Sacra #41a

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Carmina Sacra #72a

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Christian Hymns #70

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Church music #I

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Church Psalmody #P57.3

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Church Psalmody #P57c

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Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church #5

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Hymns for Schools #115

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Joyful Songs #21

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Manual of Christian Psalmody #P57c

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Selah #53a

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #113

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #53.113

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The Christian Hymn Book #675

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The Christian Hymnal #522

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The Harp #127

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a127

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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #30b

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The Vestry Singing Book #19c

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The College Hymnal #71

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The Morning Hour #25

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The Praise Hymnary #112

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) #48

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #48

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Christian Praise #5

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Christian Praise #5

Harmony in Praise #d15

Hymns for Schools and Families #d48

Hymns, Collects, Anthems and Selections #d21

Laudent Omnes #d16

Liturgy and Hymnal for the Use of the General Church of the New Jerusalem #d9

Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d52

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Psalms and Hymns #P57c

Songs for the New Life #d35

Songs for the School #d12

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The Baptist Hymn Book #113

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The Baptist Psalmody #123

The Bay State Collection of Church Music #d14

The Book of Praise #d52

The Book of Psalms Rendered in Metre and Set to Music #d18

The Book of Psalms Rendered in Metre and Set to Music #ad18

The Christian Hymnal #d53

The Church Hymn Book #d37

The Middlesex Hymn Book #d10

The Middlesex Hymn Book #d12

The Milton Hymnal #d21

The Modern Psalmist #d22

The New England Sunday School Hymn Book #d17

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The Palm #94b

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d72

The School Hymn and Tune Book #d15

The Southern Psalmist #d65

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d70

Union Hymns #d40

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The Brethren Hymnody #9

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #11

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #64

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #64

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #64

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #7

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Hymnal #7

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Hymns for Public Worship #209

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #7

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The Baptist Praise Book #121

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The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #99

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The Everlasting Joy #20a

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #227

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The Psalmist #113

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The Psalmist #113

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