From all that dwell below the skies (John Bishop)
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- (Posted 2020-11-09) CPDL #61295:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2020-11-09). Score information: A4, 1 page, 31 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn with four-part harmony and underlaid words in the version published in Hymns Ancient & Modern New Standard
- (Posted 2020-11-09) CPDL #61294:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2020-11-09). Score information: A4, 1 page, 75 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in Hymns Ancient & Modern New Standard, melody with words.
General Information
Title: From all that dwell below the skies
Composer: John Bishop
Tune: Illsley
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard
First published: ca. 1720
2nd published: 1983 in Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard, no. 98
Description: A descant to the hymn can be found here.
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Original text and translations
English text
From all that dwell below the skies,
let the Creator’s praise arise:
let the Redeemer’s name be sung
through every land by every tongue.
Eternal are thy mercies, Lord;
eternal truth attends thy word:
thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
till suns shall rise and set no more.