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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

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

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