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We Will Extol Your Praise

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Paraphraser: Fred R. Anderson

FRED R. ANDERSON is pastor emeritus of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City, a liturgical theologian, and a recognized hymn writer whose hymn and psalm texts appear in Protestant and Catholic hymnals around the world. —Singing God's Psalms (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016) His collections of psalm paraphrases include Singing Psalms of Joy and Praise (1986) and Singing God's Psalms (2016). Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: We will extol your praise, our God and king
Title: We Will Extol Your Praise
Paraphraser: Fred R. Anderson
Language: English
Notes: Now Public Domain in U.S.
Copyright: © 1986 Fred R. Anderson
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Tune

WOODLANDS (Greatorex)

WOODLANDS is a perfect match for the bold text. Walter Greatorex (b. Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, 1877; d. Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, 1949) composed this tune in 1916, and it was published in the Public School Hymn Book in 1919. The tune's title refers to one of the schoolhouses at Gre…

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Catholic Book of Worship III #574

Catholic Book of Worship III #574
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