Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

"Praise to the Lord, the Almighty"
Words and music (p. 1) as published in The Chorale Book for England in 1865[1]
Native name"Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren"
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LanguageGerman
Based on
Published
  • 1680 (1680) (original)
  • 1863 (1863) (English)

"Praise to the Lord, the Almighty" is a Christian hymn based on Joachim Neander's German-language hymn "Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren", published in 1680.[2] John Julian in his A Dictionary of Hymnology calls the German original "a magnificent hymn of praise to God, perhaps the finest creation of its author, and of the first rank in its class."[3]

The melody used by Neander, first published in 1665, exists in many versions and is probably based on a folk tune.[4] It is catalogued as Zahn number 1912c with several variants.[5] The text paraphrases Psalm 103 and Psalm 150.[2] Catherine Winkworth published her English translation of Neander's hymn in 1863.[6]

  1. ^ Bennett, William Sterndale; Goldschmidt, Otto, eds. (1865). The Chorale Book for England. Translated by Winkworth, Catherine. Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green.
  2. ^ a b Carman, John Braisted (1994). Majesty and meekness. Wm. B. Eerdmans. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-8028-0693-2.
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  4. ^ Glover, Raymond (1990). The Hymnal 1982 Companion, Volume 3. Church Publishing, Inc. pp. 738–740. ISBN 978-0-89869-143-6.
  5. ^ Zahn, Johannes (1889). Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder. Vol. I. p. 512.
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