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Free same-meter accompaniment for An Evening Psalm (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) in four-part harmony, 4 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.
Sung here to ST. ANNE (William Croft), a Common Meter (8.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray!
- I am forever thine;
- I fear before thee all the day,
- Nor would I dare to sin.
- 2And while I rest my weary head,
- From cares and business free,
- ’Tis sweet conversing on my bed,
- With my own heart and thee.
- 3I pay this evening sacrifice:
- And when my work is done,
- Great God, my faith and hope relies
- Upon thy grace alone.
- 4Thus with my thoughts compos'd to peace,
- I’ll give mine eyes to sleep;
- Thy hand in safety keeps my days,
- And will my slumbers keep.
About this music
ST. ANNE — William Croft. Setting: composite found in "The Lutheran Hymnary", 1913.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'The Lutheran Hymnary', 1913, Hymn 261. Arrangement is composite, first half from "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869, Hymn 231. ed William Henry Monk Second half is from "The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer", 1890, Hymn 279. ed. Charles Vincent, D.J. Wood, John Stainer; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the An Evening Psalm page.
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