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This is a list of first lines used by the following Psalm-tune composers:

(59 composers)
     1. Samuel Babcock
     2. Supply Belcher
     3. Daniel Belknap
     4. M. Belknap
     5. Asahel Benham
     6. William Billings
     7. Robert Boyd
     8. Bartholomew Brown
     9. Oliver Brownson
     10. Amos Bull
     11. James P. Carrell
     12. Amzi Chapin
     13. Lucius Chapin
     14. Ebenezer Child
     15. James Christopher
     16. John Cole
     17. Elkanah Dare
     18. Ananias Davisson
     19. Lewis Edson
     20. Jacob French
     21. Alexander Gillet
     22. Ezra Goff
     23. Elijah Griswold
     24. William Hauser
     25. John H. Hickok
     26. Berryman Hicks
     27. Oliver Holden
     28. Samuel Holyoke
     29. Francis Hopkinson
     30. Solomon Howe
     31. R. D. Humphreys
     32. Jeremiah Ingalls
     33. Walter Janes
     34. Stephen Jenks
     35. Alexander Johnson
     36. Andrew Johnson
     37. Jacob Kimball
     38. Isaac Lane
     39. James C. Lowry
     40. James Lyon
     41. Elias Mann
     42. Abraham Maxim
     43. Barnabas McKyes
     44. Reubin Monday
     45. William Moore
     46. Hezekiah Moors
     47. Justin Morgan
     48. Timothy Olmsted
     49. Amos Pilsbury
     50. Daniel Read
     51. Ephraim Reed
     52. Nehemiah Shumway
     53. Joseph Stone
     54. J. P. Storm
     55. Timothy Swan
     56. William Walker
     57. Elisha West
     58. Abraham Wood

     59. Merit Woodruff

Works sorted by first line:

• The Almighty spake, and Gabriel sped
  
• Greatly beloved
  
• When midnight darkness veils the skies
  
• Thy mercy sweetens every soil
  
• Joy to the world! The Lord is come
  
• Hark! 'Tis the trumpet's piercing sound
  
• When faith presents the Savior's death
  
• Shepherds, rejoice, lift up your eyes
  
• Welcome, sweet day of rest
  
• Of all the joys that mortals know
  
• He reigns! the Lord, the Savior reigns
  
• Light of those whose dreary dwelling
  
• Descend from heaven, celestial Dove
  
• Awake, my heart; arise, my tongue
  
• Early, my God, without delay
  
• Hail the day that saw him rise
  
• Come, happy souls, approach your God
  
• Weary world, when will it end
  
• My song shall bless the Lord of all
  
• Content, thou dear object of all our desires
  
• Touch, heavenly Word, O touch these curious souls
  
• Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews
  
• 
  
• No war or battles' sound
  
• Arise, my tenderest thoughts, arise
  
• O all ye nations, praise the Lord
  
• Along the banks where Babel's current flows
  
• Broad is the road that leads to death
  
• We are a garden walled around
  
• And now the scales have left mine eyes
  
• Come, dearest Lord, descend and dwell
  
• Father of our feeble race
  
• Jesus! and shall it ever be
  
• Speak, O ye judges of the earth
  
• Mourn, mourn ye saints, as if you see
  
• The fountain of Christ
  
• Beside the gospel pool
  
• What is the world, with all its toys
  
• How oft have sin and Satan strove
  
• When conscious grief laments sincere
  
• Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound
  
• Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings
  
• The God of glory sends His summons forth
  
• Why is my heart so far from Thee
  
• How did my heart rejoice to hear
  
• O Israel's shepherd, Joseph's guide
  
• Come, let us sing unto the Lord
  
• Great God, whom heavenly hosts obey
  
• From my sad prison set me free
  
• O praise the Lord with one consent
  
• To bless Thy chosen race
  
• Tis by the faith of joys to come
  
• Behold, the grace appears
  
• Let sinners take their course
  
• Worthy the Lamb that died, they cry
  
• Father, we wait to feel thy grace
  
• Did Christ for sinners weep
  
• The hill of Zion yields
  
• Lord, 'tis against Thy face
  
• Now can my soul in God rejoice
  
• Come, let us sing unto the Lord
  
• It grieves me, Lord, it grieves me sore
  
• Jehovah, with amazing noise
  
• Now let the Lord my Savior smile
  
• This life's a dream, an empty show
  
• Lord, I'm ashamed to say
  
• Alas, my aching heart
  
• Bless God, O my soul, rejoice in His name
  
• All hail the power of Jesus' name
  
• Man has a soul of vast desires (these editions)
  
• Forgive the song that falls so low
  
• Blest be the man whose piercing mind
  
• Lord, when my raptured thoughts survey
  
• O! The sweet wonders of that cross
  
• While some on me with wonder gaze
  
• When gladness wings my favored hour
  
• Welcome, sweet day of rest
  
• From the first dawning light
  
• Sweet is the day of sacred rest
  
• Lift up your heads, O ye gates
  
• Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised
  
• Let flowing numbers sweetly rise
  
• Soon shall I quit this mortal shore
  
• Down headlong from their native skies
  
• To keep the lamp alive
  
• Deep in a cold, a joyless cell
  
• Ye heavenly gates, loose all your chains
  
• Awake, my soul, and with the sun
  
• And is the lovely shadow fled
  
• Death will dissolve the tenderest tie
  
• Too many, Lord, abuse Thy grace
  
• Sleep! downy sleep! come close my eyes
  
• When marching to thy blest abode
  
• Life has a a soft and silver thread
  
• Now let us raise our cheerful strains
  
• The uplifted eye, and bended knee
  
• As lost in lonely grief I tread
  
• Go, worship at Immanuel's feet
  
• Eternal wisdom, thee we praise
  
• Think, mighty God, on feeble man
  
• Now may soft slumbers close my eyes
  
• Ye nations round the earth, rejoice
  
• He spake, and heaven's high arches rang
  
• There was an hour when Christ rejoiced
  
• Jesus shall reign where-e'er the sun
  
• 
  
• My friends, I am going a long and tedious journey
  
• Hence from my soul, my sins, depart
  
• Sing to the Lord a new-made song
  
• Far, far beyond these lower skies
  
• Come, thou fount of every blessing
  
• 
  
• Up to Thy throne, almighty King
  
• I in the burying place may see
  
• Why do we mourn departing friends
  
• Of all the gifts Thine hand bestows
  
• My soul, now arise, My passions, take wing
  
• How lost was my condition
  
• Stand up, my soul, shake off thy fears
  
• Ye dying sons of men
  
• What shall I render to my God
  
• There is a land of pure delight
  
• 
  
• 
  
• Praise to God, immortal praise
  
• O bless the Lord, my soul
  
• At the pool we long have been
  
• 
  
• Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme
  
• I beheld and lo! a great multitude
  
• My soul, come meditate the day
  
• And can this mighty King
  
• O, the delights, the heavenly joys
  
• Now to Thy altar, O my God
  
• 
  
• My God, my King, Thy various praise
  
• My soul lies cleaving to the dust
  
• 
  
• Winter has a joy for me
  
• What mighty man, or mighty God
  
• Hosanna to the Prince of light
  
• Nature, with all her powers, shall sing
  
• God of eternity, from Thee
  
• Twas by an order from the Lord
  
• It cost him cries and tears
  
• Teach us, O Lord, how frail is man
  
• Jehovah reigns! Let every nation fear
  
• 
  
• God's temple crowns the holy mount
  
• When God restored our captive state
  
• When first the God of boundless might
  
• Eternal wisdom has prepared
  
• O, if my soul were formed for woe
  
• Earth has detained me prisoner long
  
• Why dost thou sit solitary
  
• Arise, my soul, my joyful powers
  
• Happy the church, thou sacred place
  
• This is the glorious day
  
• How full of anguish is the thought
  
• As pants the hart for cooling streams
  
• I'm not ashamed to own my Lord
  
• My God, permit me not to be
  
• Not from the dust afflictions grow
  
• I'll praise my Maker with my breath
  
• 
  
• A blooming paradise of joy
  
• Had not the Lord, may Israel say
  
• My God, my life, my love
  
• Jesus, where-e'er Thy people meet
  
• No sleep nor slumber to his eyes
  
• Sun, moon and stars convey thy praise
  
• Ye nymphs of Solima
  
• Great Father of mankind
  
• Death! 'Tis a melancholy day
  
• The Lord of glory reigns, he reigns on high
  
• Ye sons of Adam, vain and young
  
• Why do we mourn departing friends
  
• Once more, my soul, the rising day
  
• I am the Savior, the Almighty God
  
• As Jesus stood on Tabor's mound
  
• What if the saint must die
  
• When some kind shepherd from his fold
  
• With pleasing grief and mournful joy
  
• Take down thy long neglected harp
  
• The Lord Jehovah reigns
  
• Dearest of all the names above
  
• Now shall my inward joys arise
  
• Hark! the herald angels sing
  
• Attend, ye saints, and hear me tell
  
• When God revealed his gracious name
  
• Rejoice, ye shining worlds on high
  
• God in the great assembly stands
  
• Come, all ye lovers of the Lamb
  
• Hail, hail music
  
• Tis thine, sweet power
  
• Some trust in horses trained for war
  
• Dear fountain of delight unknown
  
• My Savior, my almighty friend
  
• The opening heavens around me shine
  
• Father of mercies! In Thy word
  
• O what a happy, happy day
  
• Now to the shining realms above
  
• Our days, alas! our mortal days
  
• Father divine, before Thy view
  
• O come, loud anthems let us sing
  
• How pleasant 'tis to see
  
• Now to the Lord, who makes us know
  
• See the noon-day clothed in darkness
  
• Let every creature join
  
• Out of the deeps of long distress
  
• Fare you well, my friends
  
• Now let our voices join
  
• Praise to God, the great Creator
  
• Be merciful, O God, to me
  
• He reigns! the Lord, the Savior reigns
  
• Lo, I am with you, saith the Lord
  
• My God, the steps of pious men
  
• Give thanks aloud to God
  
• Begin, my soul, th' exalted lay
  
• Let every creature join
  
• Not to our names, thou only just and true
  
• Say, radiant seraph, throned in light
  
• Sweet is the work, my God, my King
  
• Hear, O heavens
  
• Well, the Redeemer's gone
  
• Lo! what a glorious sight appears
  
• God of mercy, God of love
  
• Let those who bear the Christian name
  
• Great King in Zion, Lord of all
  
• Descend, Holy Spirit, the Dove
  
• The joyful day is coming on
  
• Far from the world, O Lord, I flee
  
• When with my mind devoutly pressed
  
• The Savior calls, let every ear
  
• Keep silence, all created things
  
• 
  
• Behold the rising dawn appear
  
• We've found the rock, the travelers cried
  
• How sweet and aweful is the place
  
• My lot is fallen in that blest land
  
• Welcome, sweet day of rest
  
• Another six days' work is done
  
• King of Salem, bless my soul
  
• Some seraph, lend your heavenly tongue
  
• Man has a soul of vast desires
  
• Angels, roll the rock away
  
• I hear the voice of woe
  
• Fair as a blooming, tender flower
  
• In the soft season of thy youth
  
• Tis a point I long to know
  
• Why should the children of a King
  
• Death, 'tis a melancholy day
  
• Around the bloody tree
  
• Descend from heaven, immortal Dove
  
• 
  
• Sing to the Lord a new-made song
  
• Mark how it snows! How fast the valley fills
  
• My God, when-e'er my longing heart
  
• Come, dearest Lord, descend and dwell
  
• Father, I bless Thy gentle hand
  
• O praise ye the Lord, prepare a new song
  
• God of my life, look gently down
  
• Fairest of all the lights above
  
• Jesus is gone above the skies
  
• Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive
  
• To this dear Surety's hand
  
• My harp untuned, and laid aside
  
• While of Thy absence we complain
  
• Angels are lost in sweet surprise
  
• O Jesus my hope
  
• Send comforts down from Thy right hand
  
• Arise, my tender thoughts, arise
  
• Give me the wings of faith to rise
  
• Silent I waited with long-suffering love
  
• 
  
• I sing my Savior's wondrous death
  
• When God revealed His gracious name
  
• How doth Thy word my heart engage
  
• I am confined to earth no more
  
• Jesus, my Savior and my Lord
  
• I love Thy habitation, Lord
  
• Teach me the measure of my days
  
• My God, my King, Thy various praise
  
• Often I seek my Lord by night
  
• My heart and soul cry out for Thee
  
• When verdure clothes the fertile vale
  
• Lord of the worlds above
  
• Behold the rose of Sharon here
  
• Come, said Jesus' sacred voice
  
• Weeping sinner, dry your tears
  
• Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched
  
• Again the Lord of life and light
  
• Awake, our souls; away, our fears
  
• Why, O my soul, why weepest thou
  
• The saints should never be dismayed
  
• Whom then in heaven, but thee alone
  
• Lo, what an entertaining sight