Praise and Gratitude

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O praise the Lord in that blest place

Author: Nahum Tate (1698); Author: Nicholas Brady (1698)
Published in 74 hymnals

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1 Oh, praise the Lord in that blest Place
From whence his Goodness largely flows;
Praise him in Heav'n, where now his face
Unveil'd, in perfect glory shows.

2. Praise him for all his mighty acts,
Which he in our behalf has done;
His Kindness this return exacts,
With which our praise should equal run.

3. Let him the trumpet's warlike voice
Make rocks and hills his praise rebound;
Praise him with harp's melodious noise,
And gentle psalt'ry's silver sound.

4. Let youthful troops soft timbrels bring,
And some with graceful motion dance;
Let instruments of various strings,
With organs joined, his praise advance.

5. Let them with joyful hymns compose,
To cymbals set their songs of praise;
Cymbals of common use, and those
That loudly sound on solemn days.

6. Let all who vital breath enjoy,
The breath he does to them afford,
In just returns of praise employ;
Let ev'ry creature praise the Lord.

Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #140

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Author: Nahum Tate

Nahum Tate was born in Dublin and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, B.A. 1672. He lacked great talent but wrote much for the stage, adapting other men's work, really successful only in a version of King Lear. Although he collaborated with Dryden on several occasions, he was never fully in step with the intellectual life of his times, and spent most of his life in a futile pursuit of popular favor. Nonetheless, he was appointed poet laureate in 1692 and royal historiographer in 1702. He is now known only for the New Version of the Psalms of David, 1696, which he produced in collaboration with Nicholas Brady. Poverty stricken throughout much of his life, he died in the Mint at Southwark, where he had taken refuge from his creditors… Go to person page >

Author: Nicholas Brady

Nicholas Brady, the son of an officer in the Royalist army, was born in Brandon, Ireland, 1659. He studied at Westminster School, and at Christ Church College, oxford, and graduated at Trinity College, Dublin. He held several positions in the ministry, but later in life retired to Richmond Surrey, where he established a school. Here he translated some of the Psalms. Several volumes of his sermons and smaller works were published, but his chief work, like that of his co-colabourer Tate, was the "Metrical Version of Psalms." This version was authorized by King William in 1696, and has, since that time, taken the place of the earlier translation by Sternhold and Hopkins, which was published in 1562. The whole of the Psalms, with tunes, a… Go to person page >

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First Line:	O praise the Lord in that blest place
Title:	Praise and Gratitude
Original Language:	English
Author:	Nahum Tate (1698)
Author:	Nicholas Brady (1698)
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Psalm 150
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Notes

First edition of A New Version of the Psalms of David was issued in 1696, revised in 1698, and revised again in 1698.

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Tune

MENDON (17151)

ANGELS' HYMN

DUKE STREET

First published anonymously in Henry Boyd's Select Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1793), DUKE STREET was credited to John Hatton (b. Warrington, England, c. 1710; d, St. Helen's, Lancaster, England, 1793) in William Dixon's Euphonia (1805). Virtually nothing is known about Hatton, its composer,…

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