PSALM 96
OPTION A
METER: CM (86 86) or CMD (86 86 D)
SUGGESTED TUNES: ST. ANNE, ARLINGTON, or AZMON
This is the meter of such hymns as "O God, Our Help in Ages Past," "Am I a Soldier of the Cross," and "O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing"
Note: If you are only using vv. 1-9 of the psalm (the appointed psalm for the Ninth Sunday after Epiphany, Year C and an option for Proper 24/Ordinary Time 29, Year A), use stanzas 1-5 of this setting.
1. Sing to the Lord a glad new song;
Sing to him, all the earth!
O bless his name, tell ev-ery day
A-bout his sav-ing might.
2. De-clare his glo-ry in the world,
' His works through-out the earth.
Great is the Lord, O praise his name,
Fear him a-bove all gods.
3. The peo-ples' gods are i-dols false,
The heav'ns the Lord did make.
By glo-ry and by maj-es-ty
Sur-round-ed is his throne.
4. With pow-er and with love-li-ness
His tem-ple courts are filled.
A-scribe to him, you peo-ples all,
His glo-ry and his might.
5. Give God the glo-ry due his name;
Come to his house with gifts.
Bow down be-fore him when he comes,
And trem-ble, all the earth!
6. Tell all the na-tions of the earth,
"The Lord our God does reign!
The earth is set and shall not move;
With jus-tice he will judge."
7. Let heav'n be glad, let earth re-joice,
The sea, and all there-in;
Let fields ex-ult, and ev-ery-thing
That with-in them does grow.
8. The for-est trees shall sing for joy
Be-fore the Lord, who comes
To judge the world with right-eous-ness,
And peo-ples with his truth.
Reprinted by permission of the publisher from Sing the Psalms! by Dale A. Schoening. Copyright 1988 Dale A. Schoening. Alt. 2005 Dale A. Schoening.
OPTION B
METER: 86 86 76 86
SUGGESTED TUNE: ST. LOUIS
This is the meter of the hymn "O Little Town of Bethlehem."
1. Sing to the Lord a glad new song; Sing to him, all the earth!
O bless his name, tell ev-ery day A-bout his sav-ing might.
De-clare his glo-ry on earth, His works through-out the world.
Great is the Lord, O praise his name, Fear him a-bove all gods.
2. The peo-ples' gods are i-dols false, The heav'ns the Lord did make.
By glo-ry and by maj-es-ty Sur-round-ed is his throne.
With pow-er and with beau-ty His tem-ple courts are filled.
A-scribe to him, you peo-ples all, His glo-ry and his might.
3. Give God the glo-ry due his name; Come to his house with gifts.
Bow down be-fore him when he comes, And trem-ble, all the earth!
Tell all the na-tions of earth, "The Lord our God does reign!
The earth is set and shall not move; With just-ice he will judge."
4. Let heav'n be glad, let earth re-joice, The sea, and all there-in;
Let fields ex-ult, and ev-ery-thing That with-in them does grow.
The for-est trees sing joy-f'lly Be-fore the Lord, who comes
To judge the world with right-eous-ness, And peo-ples with his truth.
Reprinted by permission of the publisher from Sing the Psalms! by Dale A. Schoening. Copyright 1988 Dale A. Schoening. Alt. 2005, 2006 Dale A. Schoening.
