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'''Published:''' 1778<br>
'''Published:''' 1778<br>


'''Description:''' This tune was first published in the first edition of William Billings' ''The Singing Master's Assistant'' (1778). Hymn Tune Index tune number 4031.
'''Description:''' This tune was first published in the first edition of William Billings' ''The Singing Master's Assistant'' (1778). Hymn Tune Index tune number 4031. Words by [[Isaac Watts]], his paraphrase of [[Psalm 68]].


'''External websites:'''  
'''External websites:'''  


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
 
{{LinkText|Psalm 68}}
{{Text|English}}
<poem>
Lord, when thou didst ascend on high,
Ten thousand angels filled the sky.
Those heavenly guards around thee wait
Like chariots that attend thy state.
 
Not Sinai's mountain could appear
More glorious when the Lord was there;
While He pronounced his dreadful law,
And struck the chosen tribes with awe.
 
How bright the triumph none can tell,
When the rebellious powers of hell,
That thousand souls had captive made,
Were all in chains like captives led.
 
Raised by his Father to the throne,
He sent the promised Spirit down
With gifts and grace for rebel men,
That God might dwell on earth again.
</poem>


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  • (Posted 2015-01-21)  CPDL #34379:  Icon_pdf.gif
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-21).   Score information: 10 x 7 (landscape), 2 pages, 110 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 2002-04-23).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 121 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Edition based on the third edition of The Singing Master's Assistant (1781).

General Information

Title: Lord, when thou didst ascend on high
Composer: William Billings
Tune: Washington
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1778

Description: This tune was first published in the first edition of William Billings' The Singing Master's Assistant (1778). Hymn Tune Index tune number 4031. Words by Isaac Watts, his paraphrase of Psalm 68.

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 68.

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