Majesty (Stephen Jenks)

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  • (Posted 2017-11-29)  CPDL #47766:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-11-29).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 49 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition. Two more pairs of stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase.
  • (Posted 2017-11-29)  CPDL #47765:   
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-11-29).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 70 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase.

General Information

Title: Majesty
First Line: When God, our leader, shines in arms
Composer: Stephen Jenks
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredPsalm-tune   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1799 in The New England Harmonist
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 18, the second Part 1, with eight stanzas. Jenks used the third and fourth stanzas of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 18.