Earth, big with empires, to thy reign - Broderip, Robert

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"A setting by Robert Broderip of verses from James Merrick's metrical version of Psalm 24, from p84 of the collection {{NoComp|Improved Psalmody|William Dechair Tattersall"

◈ Genre → Hymns

♯ Key A major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SSB

◆ Difficulty

Beginner

↕ Range G#2 – F#5

¶ Language → English

Measures 16

Texture mixed texture

Parts 3

Instruments A cappella

Pages 2

CPDL # 24846

Editor Edmund Gooch

Posted 2011-11-02

License Public Domain

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

E4 – F#5

Alto

D#4 – D5

Bass

G#2 – A3

¶Lyrics / Text

Earth, big with empires, to thy reign Submits, great God, its wide domain; Whate'er this orb's vast bounds confine, By just possession, Lord, is thine: That orb amid the wat'ry waste Thy hands, best Architect, have plac'd, And bid th'unfathomable deep Beneath its firm foundations sleep. Lord, who shall to thy hill ascend? Who suppliant at thine altars bend, There joyful find a sure abode, And own the presence of his God? Whose hands and heart from guilt are free, Who ne'er to idols bow'd the knee, Nor, studious of deceit, would try By oaths to consecrate a lie. On such th'Almighty from above Shall heap the blessings of his love, And, purg'd from sin's transmissive stain, Admit them to his sacred fane. Such only form the chosen choir, Whose feet, with licens'd step, aspire To visit Sion's blest abode; Who seek the face of Jacob's God.