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Free same-meter accompaniment for A Psalm for the Lord's Day (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune OLD 100TH (Louis Bourgeois) in four-part harmony, 5 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
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- 1Sweet is the work, my God, my King,
- To praise Thy Name, give thanks, and sing;
- To show Thy love by morning light,
- And talk of all Thy truth at night.
- 2Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
- No mortal cares shll seize my breast;
- O may my heart in tune be found,
- Like David's harp of solemn sound!
- 3My heart shall triumph in my Lord,
- And bless His works, and bless His word;
- His works of grace, how bright they shine!
- How deep His counsels, how divine!
- 4I then shall share a glorious part,
- When grace hath well refined my heart,
- And fresh supplies of joy are shed,
- Like holy oil, to cheer my head.
- 5Then shall I see, and hear, and know,
- All I desired or wished below;
- And every power find sweet employ
- In that eternal world of joy.
About this music
OLD 100TH — Louis Bourgeois. Setting: Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalter, 1561.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from ccel from Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalter 1561. Words: "Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church", 1875, hymn 405.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the A Psalm for the Lord's Day page.
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