Text: | The Song of Zechariah (Benedictus Dominus Deus): Canticle 16 (metrical paraphrase) |
Tune: | [Blessed are you O Lord our God] (Tone 5) |
Composer: | Richard Fabian (b. 1942) |
1 Blessed are you O Lord our God:
you have come to your people and set them free.
2 You have raised up for us a mighty Savior:
born of the house of your servant David.
3 Through the voices of your holy prophets,
you have promised since the world began:
4 That you would save us from our enemies,
and from the hand of all who hate us.
5 You promised to show mercy to our forebears:
and to remember your holy covenant.
6 This was the oath sworn to our father Abraham:
that you would give us:
7 To set us free from the hands of our enemies,
free to worship you without fear,
8 Holy and righteous in your sight
all the days of our life.
9 And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High:
for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare the way
10 To give God’s people knowledge of salvation:
through the forgiveness of their sins.
11 In the tender compassion of our God:
the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
12 To shine on those who dwell in darkness, and in the shadow of death;
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
13 Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be;
through all ages. Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Blessed are you O Lord our God |
Title: | The Song of Zechariah (Benedictus Dominus Deus): Canticle 16 (metrical paraphrase) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1997 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Service Music: Canticles |
Notes: | polyphony alternatim after Jacob Handl (1550-1591) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Blessed are you O Lord our God] (Tone 5) |
Composer: | Richard Fabian (b. 1942) |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | Ecce quomodo moritur, from |
Copyright: | © 1972 All Saints' Company |