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Thy Mercy, Lord

Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens

Tune: LONDON NEW
Published in 22 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens;
thy truth doth reach the clouds:
thy justice is like mountains great;
thy judgments deep as floods:

2 Lord, all creation thou dost keep.
How precious is thy grace!
Therefore in shadow of thy wings
we all our trust shall place.

3 We with the bounty of thy house
shall be well satisfied;
from rivers of thy pleasure thou
wilt drink to us provide.

4 Because of life the fountain pure
remains alone with thee;
and in that purest light of thine
we clearly light shall see.

Source: Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #28

Text Information

First Line: Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens
Title: Thy Mercy, Lord
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Source: Scottish Psalter, 1650
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens. [Ps. xxxvi.] In the American Presbyterian New Psalms and Hymns, 1901, No. 98, this is given as "Francis Rouse, published 1646." It is an extract from the Scottish Psalter of 1650.

--Excerpt from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #6819
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 22 of 22)
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Bible Songs #42

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Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #28

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Conquest Hymns #167

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Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #28

Old Choir Selections #d56

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #63

Psalms and Hymns for the Worship of God #d824

The Book of Praise #34

The Book of Psalms Rendered in Metre and Set to Music #d306

The Book of Psalms Rendered in Metre and Set to Music #ad306

The Cambridge Hymnal #37b

Text

The Church Hymnary (3rd Ed.) #6

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #6819

The Gospel Psalter #d127

The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada #87

The Hymnary for use in Baptist churches #646

The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #646

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The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P36b

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #P27

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #P27

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The Psalms of David #34b

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