My heart is set to laud the Lord (Joseph Key)

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Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2010-03-18).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 29 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Verse 9 of the text is the only verse given in the source: verse 10 has been added editorially.

General Information

Title: My heart is set to laud the Lord
Composer: Joseph Key
Lyricist: John Hopkins, on Psalm 57

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1785

Description: Setting of Psalm 57 Old Version by Joseph Key, from page 34 of his third book, 'Five Anthems, Four Collects', Nuneaton: [1785]. The time signature in the source is retorted time. The alto part is notated in the treble clef at the upper octave in the source. Hymn Tune Index tune number 4562.

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Original text and translations

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1. My heart is set to laud the Lord,
In him to joy always:
My heart doth ever well accord,
To sing his laud and praise.
 
2. Awake, my joy, awake I say,
My lute, my harp and string;
And I myself before the day,
Will rise, rejoice and sing.