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Meter: Irregular Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John L. Bell Hymnal Title: Glory to God Tune Sources: Israeli melody Tune Key: g minor Used With Text: Come and Sing the Praise of the Lord (Hal’luhu b’zilz’le shama) (Psalm 150)

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Hal'luhu, hal'luhu, b'tziltz'lei shama (Praise the Lord with trumpet and drum, with strings and winds and voice)

Appears in 3 hymnals Hymnal Title: A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools Used With Tune: Hal'luhu

Come and Sing the Praise of the Lord (Hal’luhu b’zilz’le shama) (Psalm 150)

Meter: Irregular Appears in 1 hymnal Hymnal Title: Glory to God First Line: Come and sing the praise of the Lord (Hal'luhu, hal'luhu) Lyrics: ENGLISH: Come and sing the praise of the Lord: sing hallelujah! Come and sing the praise of the Lord: sing hallelujah! Let all that lives, all that has breath, sing the praise of God, hallelujah! Let all that lives, all that has breath, sing the praise of God. HEBREW: Hal'luhu, hal'luhu b׳zilz׳le shama. Hal'luhu, hal'luhu b׳zilz׳le t׳ruah. Kol han׳shamah t׳halel yah, hal'luyah, hal'luyah. Kol han׳shamah t׳halel yah, hal'luyah. הללוהו כּאלאלישמע הללוהו כּאליתרועה כּל הושמה תהלל יה הללויה Topics: Gathering; Praise Scripture: Psalm 150 Used With Tune: HAL’LUHU

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Hal'luhu, hal'luhu, b'tziltz'lei shama (Praise the Lord with trumpet and drum, with strings and winds and voice)

Hymnal: A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #209 (1992) Hymnal Title: A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools Languages: English Tune Title: Hal'luhu

Come and Sing the Praise of the Lord (Hal’luhu b’zilz’le shama) (Psalm 150)

Hymnal: Glory to God #389 (2013) Meter: Irregular Hymnal Title: Glory to God First Line: Come and sing the praise of the Lord (Hal'luhu, hal'luhu) Lyrics: ENGLISH: Come and sing the praise of the Lord: sing hallelujah! Come and sing the praise of the Lord: sing hallelujah! Let all that lives, all that has breath, sing the praise of God, hallelujah! Let all that lives, all that has breath, sing the praise of God. HEBREW: Hal'luhu, hal'luhu b׳zilz׳le shama. Hal'luhu, hal'luhu b׳zilz׳le t׳ruah. Kol han׳shamah t׳halel yah, hal'luyah, hal'luyah. Kol han׳shamah t׳halel yah, hal'luyah. הללוהו כּאלאלישמע הללוהו כּאליתרועה כּל הושמה תהלל יה הללויה Topics: Gathering; Praise Scripture: Psalm 150 Languages: English; Hebrew Tune Title: HAL’LUHU

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John L. Bell

b. 1949 Hymnal Title: Glory to God Arranger of "HAL’LUHU" in Glory to God John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal: "I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)] That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications. Emily Brink