Unto God, Our King

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Unto God, our King, Joy and strength of Isreal

Versifier: Benjamin Essenburg
Tune: GENEVAN 81
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Versifier: Benjamin Essenburg

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First Line:	Unto God, our King, Joy and strength of Isreal
Title:	Unto God, Our King
Versifier:	Benjamin Essenburg
Meter:	5.6.5.5.5.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Words copyrighted by the Publication Committee of the Christian Reformed Church, 1934

Psalm 81
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GENEVAN 81

GENEVAN 81 was first published in the 1562 edition of the Genevan Psalter; Dale Grotenhuis (PHH 4) composed the harmonization in 1985. This bright tune in Ionian mode (major) has short phrases, two of which are repeated (AB, AC, CD), making it one of the simplest in the Genevan Psalter. For that rea…

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