Worship — Praise and Reverence of God

From all that dwell below the skies

No. 23
Metre L. M.
Tune ANGELS.
Words Isaac Watts.
Music Orlando Gibbons.
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 3/4
4 stanzas

Words

From all that dwell below the skiesLet the Creator's praise arise;Let his almighty 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.

Your lofty themes, ye mortals, bring,In songs of praise divinely sing;God's great salvation loud proclaim,And shout for joy his glorious name.

In every land begin the song,To every land the strains belong;In cheerful sounds all voices raise,And fill the world with loudest praise.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «23», tune name «ANGELS. L. M.» centred over the music, «ORLANDO GIBBONS.» at the right (capitals and small capitals), running head «WORSHIP—PRAISE AND REVERENCE OF GOD.». Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «From»; the print sets it «be - low», «Cre - a - tor's», «a - rise;», «almight - y», «ev-ery» (first time, closed up) and «ev - ery» (second time). Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «1, 168, 215.» (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 1, 168 or 215); «Isaac Watts.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;» («word ;», «sing ;», «belong ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's; the text stanzas are set flush (no indented lines). No punctuation after «skies» at the end of line 1 (as printed under the staves).