“O Come Let us Sing Unto The Lord"
Psalm 95: 1-7 from the King James Version
~ An anthem for A Cappella SATB (With 3 SSAATTBB chords) ~
~ Or with Handbells & Contrabass, or with Organ ~
Followed by "Doxology in C"
freely adapted from the Gloria Patri, & Music by Thomas Byron Parks © 2008
King David With Harp by Ina Hecker
http://puffin.creighton.edu/jesuit/icons/icon_king_david.html
Psalm 95: 1-7 from the King James Version
1: O come, let us sing unto the LORD:
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
2: Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving,
and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3: For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
4: In his hand are the deep places of the earth:
the strength of the hills is his also.
5: The sea is his, and he made it:
and his hands formed the dry land.
6: O come, let us worship and bow down:
let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
7: For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep of his hand.
Doxology Freely adapted from The Gloria Patri by Thomas Byron Parks.
See my "Doxology in Am."
We sing our praises to God the Father,
and to His Son and to His Holy Spirit.
Three Persons (faces) of the One,
who made the Earth, the Moon, and Sun.
It is now as it was there in the beginning,
and unto ages of ages shall it be,
World without end.
Amen. Amen. Amen.
The word psalmos is a translation of
, which occurs in the titles of
fifty-seven psalms. Psalmos in
classical Greek meant the twang of the strings of a musical instrument;
its Hebrew equivalent 
, "to trim") means a poem of
"trimmed" and
measured form. The two words show us that a psalm was a poem of set
structure to be sung to the accompaniment of stringed instruments.
Psalm 95: 1-7 from the King James Version
~ An anthem for A Cappella SATB (With 3 SSAATTBB chords) ~
~ Or with Handbells & Contrabass, or with Organ ~
Followed by "Doxology in C"
freely adapted from the Gloria Patri, & Music by Thomas Byron Parks © 2008
King David With Harp by Ina Hecker
http://puffin.creighton.edu/jesuit/icons/icon_king_david.html
In many churches The
Invitatory begins the prayer of every day. It is composed of the
verse "Lord, open my lips" with the response "And my mouth will
proclaim your praise," followed by a psalm (usually Psalm 95, The Invite (Psalm 95) has
become a regular part of the Morning Prayer.
Wikipedia says Psalm 95 (Greek numbering: Psalm 94) is part of the biblical Book of Psalms. It may be sung as a canticle in the Anglican Morning Prayer, when it is referred to by its incipit as the Venite or Venite, exultemus Domino (also A Song of Triumph).
The Catholic Encyclopedia says: A canticle for David captivity himself, when the house was built after the captivity.
I looked at more than a dozen versions of the Psalms and chose the old King James Version because it rolled off my tongue. This was first written to be sung a cappella. I allso wrote a version with Handbells & Contrabass. Last, I added a version with Organ...my first try at Organ music I would be interested in comments. Doxology in Am morped into Doxology in C/ Listen with headphones if you can.
Wikipedia says Psalm 95 (Greek numbering: Psalm 94) is part of the biblical Book of Psalms. It may be sung as a canticle in the Anglican Morning Prayer, when it is referred to by its incipit as the Venite or Venite, exultemus Domino (also A Song of Triumph).
The Catholic Encyclopedia says: A canticle for David captivity himself, when the house was built after the captivity.
I looked at more than a dozen versions of the Psalms and chose the old King James Version because it rolled off my tongue. This was first written to be sung a cappella. I allso wrote a version with Handbells & Contrabass. Last, I added a version with Organ...my first try at Organ music I would be interested in comments. Doxology in Am morped into Doxology in C/ Listen with headphones if you can.
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Cappella |
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| With Handbells & Contrabass |
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| "
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| With
Organ |
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This
has not been sung, so instruments
are used for voices. MIDI String Ensemble 1 for SATB.
If you
use it, please send me a
recording that I may use on this site, and for seeking publication.
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Lyrics ~Psalm 95: 1-7 from the King James Version
1: O come, let us sing unto the LORD:
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
2: Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving,
and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3: For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
4: In his hand are the deep places of the earth:
the strength of the hills is his also.
5: The sea is his, and he made it:
and his hands formed the dry land.
6: O come, let us worship and bow down:
let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
7: For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep of his hand.
Doxology Freely adapted from The Gloria Patri by Thomas Byron Parks.
See my "Doxology in Am."
We sing our praises to God the Father,
and to His Son and to His Holy Spirit.
Three Persons (faces) of the One,
who made the Earth, the Moon, and Sun.
It is now as it was there in the beginning,
and unto ages of ages shall it be,
World without end.
Amen. Amen. Amen.
The word psalmos is a translation of
, which occurs in the titles of
fifty-seven psalms. Psalmos in
classical Greek meant the twang of the strings of a musical instrument;
its Hebrew equivalent , "to trim") means a poem of
"trimmed" and
measured form. The two words show us that a psalm was a poem of set
structure to be sung to the accompaniment of stringed instruments.