Psalm 117

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General information

Psalm 117 is the last of series of 11 (107 - 117) which is considered to form a consistent whole (the First Group of Eleven). It is unusually short, most probably because the kabbalistics at work in the group of 11 required only a limited number of words. The Hebrew text contains only 15 words.

The setting by Georg Philipp Telemann substitutes word 'Jehovam' for 'Dominum'

Settings by composers

In Latin, unless otherwise stated.

Anonymous København ms. KB 1872, copied by Jørgen Heyde SSSS.BBBB ed. in Proszke SATB with doxology Felice Anerio SATB Giovanni Giacomo Arrigoni ATB & SAATB (Latin) Johann Sebastian Bach SATB (German) Adrian Batten SATB (BCP English) Albert Becker SATB (German) William Billings Stockbridge SATB (English, Isaac Watts paraphrase, Version 2) Trinity New SATB (English, Isaac Watts paraphrase, Version 1) Louis Bourgeois (English, Thomas Ken Praise God from whom all blessings flow) Moritz Brosig SATB with either orchestra or organ William Byrd Praise our Lord all ye Gentiles SSATBB or AATTBB (English, from The Primer) Laudate Dominum omnes AATTBB James P. Carrell SATB (English, Isaac Watts paraphrase, Part 2) Marc-Antoine Charpentier SATB Giovanni Paolo Cima ATTB, ATBB or SATB William Croft ATB(SATB) (English BCP) Martin Francisco de Cruzelaegui SATB Christoph Dalitz AT (German, after Caspar Ulenberg) Frédéric Debons Alleluia laudate Dominum SATB Louez le Seigneur SATB (French) Sixt Dietrich SATTBarBB All editions withdrawn Wolfgang Joseph Emmerig SATB (part of Vesperae 1 de Confessore) Stefan Stocker Solo S SAB Noé Faignient SSAATTBB Giovanni Gastoldi ATBBB George Frideric Handel SATB Hans Leo Hassler a 4 SATB a 6 SSATTB or SAATTB a 8 SSAATTBB Samuel Holyoke SATB (Anthem, English, Isaac Watts paraphrase, Version 1) Edward John Hopkins SATB (KJV English) Nobuaki Izawa SATB Stephen Jenks SATB (English, Isaac Watts paraphrase) Orlando di Lasso 6 vv SSATTB 12 vv SSSAAATTTBBB

Pierre de Manchicourt SAATTB or SAATBarB Johann Simon Mayr STTB with orchestra Claudio Monteverdi SV 272, 1641 SSATTB 2vln. & bc; extra voice parts for ripieno SV 274, 1641 SATB.SATB & bc SV 273, 1641 SSAATTBB, 2 vlni & bc Bass solo, 1651 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart K 339, Vespers de confessore SATB with S solo mvmt. 5 of Vespers K 321 de Dominica Soprano solo with orch. & organ obligato John Mundy ATB (English) José Mauricio Nunes Garcia 1813 setting SATB with orchestra 1821 setting; on themes from Haydn's Creation SATB with orchestra Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATB.SATB Lorenzo Perosi SA or TB with organ Giuseppe Pitoni SATB Hieronymus Praetorius SSAATTBB Thomas Ravenscroft SATB (English, Thomas Norton in Old Version) Daniel Read (English, Isaac Watts paraphrase) Johann Baptist Schiedermayr SATB with orchestra or organ Burkhart M. Schürmann SAATB Scottish Psalter of 1635 SATB (English, John Hopkins in Old Version) Ludwig Senfl SSATTB Lawrence Sisk SATB (English) John Smith SATB (in English, metrical Old Version) Simone Stella TTB Timothy Swan STB (English, Isaac Watts paraphrase, Version 2) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck SSATB Thomas Tallis ATTBB Georg Telemann SATB Jan Tollius SAB (with introductory sentence) Francisco Valls SABT.SABT with continuo Tomás Luis de Victoria a 4 SATB a 8 SATB.SATB Antonio Vivaldi SATB Georg Joseph Vogler SSATB & orchestra Melchior Vulpius a 4 SATT or SATB a 6 SSATTB Thurlow Weed SATB (English, New Version of Tate and Brady) Jan Dismas Zelenka SATTB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Anonymous — Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes
• Giovanni Matteo Asola — Laudate Dominum omnes gentes
• Benedict Anton Aufschnaiter — Vesper 1
• Benedict Anton Aufschnaiter — Vesper 2
• José Cascante — Sabbato Sancto ad Vesperas
• Francesco Cavalli — Laudate Dominum a 8
• Carlotta Ferrari — Laudate Dominum omnes gentes
• Jacob French — Babel
• Andrea Gabrieli — Laudate Dominum omnes gentes a 5
• Mariano Garau — Laudate Dominum 2020
• Luis Vicente Gargallo — Laudate Dominum
• Giovanni Gastoldi — Laudate Dominum
• Maître Gosse — Laudate Dominum
• Charles Gounod — 7 Motetten
• Charles Gounod — Laudate Dominum
• Johann Michael Haydn — Laudate Dominum, MH 321-5
• Pierre de la Rue — Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes
• Giovanni Legrenzi — Laudate Dominum
• Tiburtio Massaino — Laudate Dominum
• Henri Du Mont — Laudate Dominum
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Vesperae solennes de confessore, KV 339
• Robert Page — Psalm 117
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Laudate Dominum a 8
• Paolo Pandolfo — Questo è il giorno che ha fatto il Signore II
• Gregor Schreyer — Vesperae I de Domenica
• Agostino Steffani — Laudate Dominum a 8 canti concertato
• Thomas Tomkins — O praise the Lord a 12
• Thomas Tomkins — O praise the Lord a 5
• Johann Baptist Vanhal — Vesper in D
• Thomas Attwood Walmisley — From all that dwell below the skies
• Elisha West — Willington

Text and translations

Clementine Vulgate (Psalm 117) Latin text 1  Alleluja. Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes; laudate eum, omnes populi. 2  Quoniam confirmata est super nos misericordia ejus, et veritas Domini manet in aeternum. Luther's translation German text 1  Lobet den HERRN, alle Heiden; preiset ihn, alle Völker! 2  Denn seine Gnade und Wahrheit waltet über uns in Ewigkeit. Halleluja! Statenbijbel (1637) Dutch text 1  Looft den HEERE, alle heidenen; prijst Hem, alle natiën! 2  Want Zijn goedertierenheid is geweldig over ons, en de waarheid des HEEREN is in der eeuwigheid! Hallelujah! Káldi fordítás Hungarian text 1  Alleluja! Dicsérjétek az Urat, minden nemzetek! dicsérjétek őt, minden népek! 2  mert megerősödött rajtunk az ő irgalmassága, és az Úr igazvolta mindörökké megmarad.

Church of England 1662 Book of Common Prayer English text 1  O praise the Lord, all ye heathen: praise him, all ye nations. 2  For his merciful kindness is ever more and more towards us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise the Lord. King James Version English text 1  O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. 2  For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord. Another English translation English translation 1  Praise the Lord, all nations; praise him, all peoples. 2  Certain is his love and mercy for us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Another English translation, as used by William Byrd English translation 1  Praise our Lord, all ye Gentiles; praise him, all ye people: 2  Because his mercy is confirmed upon us, and his truth remaineth for ever.

'Old Version' (Thomas Norton) English text O all ye nations of the world, Praise ye the Lord always; And all ye people everywhere Set forth his noble praise: For great his kindness is to us, His truth doth not decay; Wherefore praise ye the Lord our God, Praise ye the Lord alway.

Metrical Paraphrases (Isaac Watts) English text VERSION 1. (C. M.) O all ye nations, praise the Lord, Each with a different tongue; In every language learn his word, And let his name be sung. His mercy reigns through every land; Proclaim his grace abroad; For ever firm his truth shall stand Praise ye the faithful God.

VERSION 2. (L. M.) 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.

VERSION 3. (S. M.) Thy name, Almighty Lord, Shall sound through distant lands; Great is thy grace, and sure thy word; Thy truth for ever stands. Far be thine honor spread, And long thy praise endure, Till morning light and evening shade Shall be exchanged no more.