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Sanctus - I will lift up mine eyes

Set by Herbert Norman Howells (1892 - 1983), "Sanctus - I will lift up mine eyes", 1936-8, published 1951, first performed 1950 [ soprano, tenor, mixed chorus, and orchestra ], from Hymnus Paradisi, no. 4 [Sung Text]

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Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus,
Domine Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.
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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Heilig, heilig, heilig"
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Holy", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sanctus", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,
  from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh even from the LORD,
  who hath made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:
  and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel
  shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD himself is thy keeper:
  The Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand; 
So that the sun shall not burn thee by day, neither the moon by night.
7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: 
  Yea, it is even He that shall preserve thy soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in 
  from this time forth for evermore..

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