by Matthew Parker, Archbishop (1504 - 1575)
Archbishop Parker's Psalme 150
Language: English
O prayse ye God: Of excellence, in his respect: Of excellence and holynes: And prayse ye hys magnifycence: Magnifycence in fyrmament, in stableness. With lolines O praise ye hym: As Saviour, for hys sweete actes: As Saviour heroycal. And prayse ye hym: as governour, As governour For hys great power; potentiall. Most principal. O prayse ye hym: For maiesty in trompets sound: For maiesty effectuouse: And prayse hys: Authority In lute and harp: Melodiouse. Most studiouse. O prayse ye hym: All sapient in Tymbrell sweete; In Tymbrell sweet wyth daunce in quiere. And prayse ye hym: so provident, In fydle straung wyth daunce in quiere, In Tymbrell sweet with recordare, In Tymbrell sweet wyth harty chere. I prayse ye hym: all bountifull, In Cymbals sound: Owt loud in flate. And prayse ye hym: so pytyfull. In Cymballs sound: more mitigate. Full moderate. O prayse ye hym.
Psalm 150
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Text Authorship:
- by Matthew Parker, Archbishop (1504 - 1575) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Kerry Andrew (b. 1978), "Archbishop Parker's Psalme 150", published 2016 [ satb chorus ], Kerry Andrew
Publisher: Kerry Andrew [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-02-04
Line count: 30
Word count: 146