O Lord our governor, Z 141 - Purcell, Henry

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⌛ Period → Baroque ◈ Genre → Anthems

♯ Key B- major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SSTB

◆ Difficulty

Advanced

↕ Range C2 – A-5

¶ Language → English

Measures 102

Texture mixed texture

Parts 6

Instruments Basso continuo

Pages 14

CPDL # 70587

Editor Raymond Nagem

Posted 2022-08-29

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

soprano I

B-2 – A-5

soprano Ii

C4 – G5

Tenor

C3 – B-4

Bass

E-2 – D4

MusicXML Part

C2 – F4

¶Lyrics / Text

O Lord our Governor, on earth Thy name is excellent; Thy glory is exalted far Above the firmament. From the weak pow'r of babes thou mak'st Thy victories arise; They still the triumphs of thy foes And shame thine enemies. When I to heav'n, thy glorious work, Raise my admiring eye, And there behold the Moon and stars, The beauties of the sky, Lord, what is man, that he should have In thy kind thoughts a place, Why dost thou thus advance and bless His miserable race? Though lower than the angels made, He wears a glorious crown; Thy works below all stoop to him And for their sovereign own. The beasts that in the pastures feed, Or in the deserts lie, Fishes that move within the seas, And fowls beneath the sky, These are his slaves; but let not man Disown God's government, Whose pow'r does rule the world, whose name Alone is excellent.