Psalm CXIX: 170. Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. 171. My lips shall speak of thy praise: when thou hast taught me thy statutes. 172. Yea, my tongue shall sing of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteous. GREENE. Psalm XXIV: 7. LE 201. IFT up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors: and the King of glory shall come in. 8, 10. Who is the King of glory? it is the Lord strong and mighty, even the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. O. GIBBONS. A Prayer. 202.* ORD, for thy tender mercy's sake, lay not our sins to our charge; but forgive that is past, and give us grace to amend our sinful lives, to decline from sin, and incline to virtue: that we may walk with a perfect heart before thee, now and evermore. FARRANT. * This Anthem, though generally attributed to Farrant, is, by some, referred to a more modern school. Dr. Blow, Hawkins (Organist of Psalm LXXIX: 5. I 203. Full. ORD, how long wilt thou be angry: shall thy jealousy burn like fire for ever? 6. Pour out thine indignation upon the heathen: and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy Name. 7. For they have devoured Jacob: and laid waste his dwelling-place. 8. O remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us for we are come to great misery. 9. Keep us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy Name: O deliver us, and be merciful unto our sins, for thy Name's sake. GREENE. Psalm LXXIX: 5. 8. 204. ORD, how long wilt thou be angry? LORD, how ur old sins, but have mercy upon us for we are come to great misery. Ely), and Dr. Tudway, assign it to John Hilton; and Dr. Rimbault, from a consideration of its style, pronounces it to be "undoubtedly a much later production" than any of Farrant's.-Rimbault's "Cathedral Music," 1843. Dr. Crotch, also, in his "Lectures on Music," published 1831, remarks a difference of style; and-without appearing to entertain any suspicion of Farrant not being the author-thus writes: "Farrant's style is usually melancholy; but his Anthem, 'Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake,' is in the major key,-serene, clear, and as beautiful as so simple a melody could be."-Page 85. Psalm LXXIX: 9. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy Name: O deliver us, and be merciful unto our sins, for thy Name's sake. 205. W. HAYES. salm XV: 1. Fali. LORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle: or who shall rest upon thy holy hill? 2. Even he, that leadeth an uncorrupt life: and doth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart. 3. He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour: and hath not slandered his neighbour. 4. He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes and maketh much of them that fear the Lord. 6. He that hath not given his money upon usury: nor taken reward against the innocent. 7. Whoso doeth these things: shall never fall. B. ROGERS. salm XXII: 1. M 206. Y God, my God, look upon me; why hast thou forsaken me and art so far from my health, and from the words of my complaint? salm XXII: 2. O God, my God, I cry unto thee in the day-time, and thou hearest not: and in the night-season also I take no rest. 3. And thou continuest holy: O thou worship of Israel. BLOW. saim LXII: 1. MY 207. Y soul truly waiteth still upon God: for of him cometh my salvation. 2. He verily is my strength and my salvation: he is my defence, so that I shall not greatly fall. 12 And thou, Lord, art merciful: for thou rewardest every man according to his work. BATTEN. sam ALVII: 1. 208.* PART I. Fall CLAP your hands together, all ye people: O sing unto God with the voice of melody. 2. For the Lord is high, and to be feared: he is the great King of all the earth. *This Anthem is said to have been composed by Gibbons as the exercise for Dr. Heyther's musical degree in Oxford.-Burney's "History of Music." salm XLVII: 3. He shall subdue the people under us: and the nations under our feet. 4. He shall choose out an heritage for us: even the worship of Jacob, whom he loved. 0. GIBBONS. salm 209.* PART II. Full. XLVII: 5. God is gone up with a merry noise: and the Lord with the sound of the trumpet. 6. O sing praises, sing praises unto our God: O sing praises, sing praises unto the Lord the King. 7. For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with the understanding. 8. God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon his holy seat. 9. God which is highly exalted, doth defend the earth, as it were with a shield. Dorology. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. O. GIBBONS. * See note on No. 199. |