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The Hymns and Hymn Writers of The Church Charles S. Nutter & Wilbur F. Tillett, 1911 Unaltered, from The Psalms of David, 1719. Dr. Watts wrote the first two stanzas of this hymn from verses one and two of Psalm 117: O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise Him, all ye people. For His merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth forever. Praise ye the Lord. Wesley reprinted this hymn entire from the “York” Pocket Hymn Book. The author of the last two stanzas is unknown. He has, however, succeeded wonderfully in imitating Watts’ style and so completed one of the finest hymns in the language. The “York” Pocket Hymn Book was edited and published by Robert Spence, a Methodist class leader and bookseller residing in York, England. So far as is known, the last two stanzas of this hymn first appeared in his book about 1781. Spence may have written these stanzas. John Wesley published this hymn in 1786 as Spence printed it in 1781. This “York” book was very popular in its day, and was adopted by Bishops Coke and Asbury as the official hymn book of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America.
The Methodist Hymn-Book Illustrated John Telford, 1909 Psalm 117 from The Psalms of David, 1719. Unaltered.

Background

The Hymns and Hymn Writers of The Church
Charles S. Nutter & Wilbur F. Tillett, 1911

Unaltered, from The Psalms of David, 1719. Dr. Watts wrote the first two stanzas of this hymn from verses one and two of Psalm 117:

O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise Him, all ye people.
For His merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth forever. Praise ye the Lord.

Wesley reprinted this hymn entire from the “York” Pocket Hymn Book. The author of the last two stanzas is unknown. He has, however, succeeded wonderfully in imitating Watts’ style and so completed one of the finest hymns in the language.

The “York” Pocket Hymn Book was edited and published by Robert Spence, a Methodist class leader and bookseller residing in York, England. So far as is known, the last two stanzas of this hymn first appeared in his book about 1781. Spence may have written these stanzas. John Wesley published this hymn in 1786 as Spence printed it in 1781. This “York” book was very popular in its day, and was adopted by Bishops Coke and Asbury as the official hymn book of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America.

The Methodist Hymn-Book Illustrated
John Telford, 1909

Psalm 117 from The Psalms of David, 1719. Unaltered.

#	Hymnal	Title	Author	Tune	Composer	Verses
117	Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1891	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719, Psalm 117	Old Hundredth (Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir)	Guillaume Franc ?, circa 1554, harmonization by Claude Goudimel, 1565	2
405	Church Hymns, 1903	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)	Old 100th (Old Version)	Geneva Psalter	2
225	Church Praise, 1907	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)	Old Hundredth	Genevan Psalter, 1551	2
293	Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church, 1918	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Stanzas 1 and 2, Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719, Stanzas 3 and 4, Rev. John Wesley, 1786	Duke Street	John Hatton, 1793	4
769	Congregational Hymnary, 1916	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)	Old Hundredth	Genevan Psalter	2
289	Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1874	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719	Old 100th	Guillaume Franc, 1543	2
008	Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1878	From All That Dwell below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)	Old Hundred	Guillaume Franc (circa 1510-1570)	4
003	In Excelsis, 1896	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719	The Old Hundredth	Louis Bourgeois, 1551	2
364	Irish Church Hymnal, 1919	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719	Easter Song	Cologne, 1623, Harmonization by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958	2
127	Laudes Domini, 1887	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)	Old Hundredth	Guillaume Franc (circa 1510-1570)	2
011a	Methodist Hymn and Tune Book, 1918	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748), Rev. John Wesley (1703-1791), Bishop Thomas Ken (1637-1711)	Old Hundredth	Genevan Psalter, 1551	4
011b	Methodist Hymn and Tune Book, 1918	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748), Rev. John Wesley (1703-1791), Bishop Thomas Ken (1637-1711)	Cologne	Melody from Geistliche Kirchengesang (Cologne), 1623	4
021	The Baptist Church Hymnal, 1900	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)	Old Hundredth	Geneva Psalter	2
468	The Church Hymnal Revised and Enlarged, 1892	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719	Old 100th	Louis Bourgeois (circa 1510-circa 1561) in the Genevan Psalter, 1551	2
289	The Church Hymnal, 1879	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719	Old Hundredth	Guillaume Franc, 1554	2
626	The Church Hymnary (Scotland), 1898	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)	Jubilate	Henry Smart (1813-1879)	1
142	The Church Hymnary, Twentieth Century Edition, 1900	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719	Old Hundredth	Louis Bourgeois (circa 1510-circa 1561)	2
002	The Evangelical Hymnal, 1921	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719	Old Hundredth	Louis Bourgeois, 1551	4
250	The Hymnal (Episcopal), 1916	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719, Psalm 100: Doxology, Thomas Ken, 1692	Old Hundredth (Second Version)	Louis Bourgeois, 1551	3
102	The Hymnal (Presbyterian), 1895	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719	Marken	Berthold Tours, 1872	2
554	The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer, Third Edition, 1890	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)	Winchester New	“Hamburger Musik Handbuch”	2
102	The Hymnal Revised (Presbyterian), 1911	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Psalm 117, Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719	Duke Street	John Hatton, circa 1793	2
009	The Methodist Hymn-Book, 1904	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748) from The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, 1719	Eisenach	Johann Hermann Schein, 1645	2
005	The Methodist Hymnal, 1905	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748) and Rev. John Wesley (1703-1791)	Duke Street	John Hatton (1710-1793)	4
006	The New Psalms and Hymns, 1901	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719	Old Hundredth	Genevan Psalter, 1551	2
203a	The Oxford Hymn Book, 1908	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)	Old Hundredth	Louis Bourgeois (circa 1551), Setting by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)	2
203b	The Oxford Hymn Book, 1908	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)	Wareham	William Knapp (1698-1768)	2
005	The Presbyterian Hymnal, 1874	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)	Old Hundred	Guillaume Franc (circa 1510-1570)	2
289	Tunes, Old and New: Adapted to The Hymnal, 1874	From All That Dwell Below the Skies	Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719	Old Hundredth	Guillaume Franc, 1543	2

Hymnal

Title

Author

Tune

Composer

Verses

117

Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1891

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719, Psalm 117

Old Hundredth (Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir)

Guillaume Franc ?, circa 1554, harmonization by Claude Goudimel, 1565

405

Church Hymns, 1903

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Old 100th (Old Version)

Geneva Psalter

225

Church Praise, 1907

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Old Hundredth

Genevan Psalter, 1551

293

Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church, 1918

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Stanzas 1 and 2, Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719, Stanzas 3 and 4, Rev. John Wesley, 1786

Duke Street

John Hatton, 1793

769

Congregational Hymnary, 1916

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Old Hundredth

Genevan Psalter

289

Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1874

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719

Old 100th

Guillaume Franc, 1543

008

Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1878

From All That Dwell below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Old Hundred

Guillaume Franc (circa 1510-1570)

003

In Excelsis, 1896

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719

The Old Hundredth

Louis Bourgeois, 1551

364

Irish Church Hymnal, 1919

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719

Easter Song

Cologne, 1623, Harmonization by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958

127

Laudes Domini, 1887

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Old Hundredth

Guillaume Franc (circa 1510-1570)

011a

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book, 1918

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748), Rev. John Wesley (1703-1791), Bishop Thomas Ken (1637-1711)

Old Hundredth

Genevan Psalter, 1551

011b

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book, 1918

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748), Rev. John Wesley (1703-1791), Bishop Thomas Ken (1637-1711)

Cologne

Melody from Geistliche Kirchengesang (Cologne), 1623

021

The Baptist Church Hymnal, 1900

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Old Hundredth

Geneva Psalter

468

The Church Hymnal Revised and Enlarged, 1892

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719

Old 100th

Louis Bourgeois (circa 1510-circa 1561) in the Genevan Psalter, 1551

289

The Church Hymnal, 1879

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719

Old Hundredth

Guillaume Franc, 1554

626

The Church Hymnary (Scotland), 1898

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Jubilate

Henry Smart (1813-1879)

142

The Church Hymnary, Twentieth Century Edition, 1900

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719

Old Hundredth

Louis Bourgeois (circa 1510-circa 1561)

002

The Evangelical Hymnal, 1921

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719

Old Hundredth

Louis Bourgeois, 1551

250

The Hymnal (Episcopal), 1916

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719, Psalm 100: Doxology, Thomas Ken, 1692

Old Hundredth (Second Version)

Louis Bourgeois, 1551

102

The Hymnal (Presbyterian), 1895

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719

Marken

Berthold Tours, 1872

554

The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer, Third Edition, 1890

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Winchester New

“Hamburger Musik Handbuch”

102

The Hymnal Revised (Presbyterian), 1911

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Psalm 117, Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719

Duke Street

John Hatton, circa 1793

009

The Methodist Hymn-Book, 1904

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748) from The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, 1719

Eisenach

Johann Hermann Schein, 1645

005

The Methodist Hymnal, 1905

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748) and Rev. John Wesley (1703-1791)

Duke Street

John Hatton (1710-1793)

006

The New Psalms and Hymns, 1901

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719

Old Hundredth

Genevan Psalter, 1551

203a

The Oxford Hymn Book, 1908

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Old Hundredth

Louis Bourgeois (circa 1551), Setting by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

203b

The Oxford Hymn Book, 1908

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Wareham

William Knapp (1698-1768)

005

The Presbyterian Hymnal, 1874

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Old Hundred

Guillaume Franc (circa 1510-1570)

289

Tunes, Old and New: Adapted to The Hymnal, 1874

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719

Old Hundredth

Guillaume Franc, 1543

The texts from any two of the above sources (assuming two or more exist) can be selected to appear below side by side by selecting the source name from the drop-down lists:

From all that dwell below the skies
Let the Creator’s praise arise:
Let the Redeemer’s Name be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.

Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord;
Eternal truth attends Thy Word;
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more. Amen.

From all that dwell below the skies
Let the Creator’s praise arise:
Let the Redeemer’s Name be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.

Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord:
Eternal truth attends Thy word.
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more. Amen.

Book

Reference

Bible Text

1 Chronicles

16:28

Give unto the LORD, ye kindred of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.

1 Chronicles

16:29

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

1 Chronicles

16:34

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm

40:5

Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

Psalm

66:1

Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:

Psalm

67:3

Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

Psalm

72:7

In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

Psalm

72:8

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

Psalm

96:1

O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.

Psalm

100:

1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. 2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. 3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. 5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Psalm

100:1

Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.

Psalm

100:1-4

Psalm

104:33

I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

Psalm

113:2

Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.

Psalm

113:2,3

2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. 3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD's name is to be praised.

Psalm

117:

1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. 2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalm

117:1

O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.

Psalm

117:2

For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalm

135:1

Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD.

Psalm

150:6

Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

Isaiah

12:5,6

5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

Isaiah

25:1

O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

Romans

3:29

Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

Romans

11:33-36

33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? 35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? 36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

Romans

15:11

And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.

2 Corinthians

9:15

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

Hebrews

1:11

They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

1 Peter

4:10

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.