261. Peoples, Clap Your Hands! (Psalm 47)

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Text Information
First Line: Peoples, clap your hands! Shout to God with joy!
Title: Peoples, Clap Your Hands! (Psalm 47)
Author: Joy F. Patterson (1989)
Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Jesus Christ: Ascension and Reign; The Life of the Nations
Copyright: © 1990 Joy F. Patterson
Tune Information
Name: GENEVAN 47
Harmonizer: Claude Goudimel (1564)
Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10
Key: D Major


Text Information:

In joining this 20th-century English paraphrase of Psalm 47—a psalm long associated with Christ’s Ascension—with the 16th-century Genevan psalm tune written for a French metrical version, an important affirmation of the continuity of Reformed tradition is being made.


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