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SDAH 19

O sing a new song to the Lord
For marvels He has done;
His right hand and His holy arm
The victory have won.

Text

1
O sing a new song to the Lord
For marvels He has done;
His right hand and His holy arm
The victory have won.

2
With harp, and voice of psalms
Unto Jehovah sing;
Let trumpets and the echoing horn
Acclaim the Lord our King!

3
Let seas with all their creatures roar,
The world and dwellers there,
And let the rivers clap their hands,
The hills their joy declare.

4
Before the Lord: because He comes,
To judge the earth come He;
He’ll judge the world with righteousness,
His folk with equity.

Hymn Info

Biblical Reference
Ps 98:1-9

Text Source
Scottish Psalter

Year Published
1650

Hymn Tune
ST. MAGNUS

Metrical Number
C.M.

Composer
Attr. to Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1669-1707)

Alternate Harmony
SDAH 199

Theme
ADORATION & PRAISE

Hymn Score

Piano Accompaniment

Notes

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Song Leader’s Notes
SDA Hymnal Companion

This hymn is a metrical version of Psalms 98, using as many words as possible of the psalm (King James Version), but employing them so as to rhyme and also fit the rhythm of the Common Meter tune. For notes on Scotish Psalter, see SDAH 62.

The tune ST. MAGNUS was named after the Church of St. Magnus the martyr near old London Bridge. William Riley gave it this name in his Parochial Harmony, 1758, where many previously unnamed tunes were named after London churches. The tune first appeared in Henry Playfortd’s second edition of Divine Companion, set to Psalm in 117.

Jeremiah Clarke was born about 1669 in London; he served in the boys’ choir in the Chapel Royal under John Blow. From 1692 to 1695 he was organist of Winchester College. Then he took Blow’s place at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, which had just been completed by Christofer Wren and contained a new organ built by Father Smith. Clarke was Queen Anne’s music master, composing some harpsichord pieces for her. With William Croft (see SDAH 103) in 1700 he was appointed Gentleman of the Chapel Royal and organist there. He was a prolific and versatile musician, writing choral, instrumental, organ, and solo music for the stage. The popular trumpet tune and trumpet voluntary, once thought to be Purcell’s, are now recognized to be Clarke’s. Unfortunately, at the age of about 38, as the result of a disappointment in love he took his own life on December 1, 1707, in the courtyard of St. Paul’s.

For an alternate harmonization of this tune, see SDAH 199. Clarke’s other tune in SDAH is No. 644, BISHOPTHORPE.

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