Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

"Praise to the Lord, the Almighty"
"Praise to the Lord, the Almighty"
	Words and music (p. 1) as published in The Chorale Book for England in 1865
Native name	"Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren"
Text	by Joachim Neander; trans. Catherine Winkworth;
Language	German
Based on	Psalms 103; Psalms 150;
Published	1680 (original); 1863 (English);

"Praise to the Lord, the Almighty" is a Christian hymn based on Joachim Neander's German-language hymn "Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren", published in 1680. John Julian in his A Dictionary of Hymnology calls the German original "a magnificent hymn of praise to God, perhaps the finest creation of its author, and of the first rank in its class."

The melody used by Neander, first published in 1665, exists in many versions and is probably based on a folk tune. It is catalogued as Zahn number 1912c with several variants. The text paraphrases Psalm 103 and Psalm 150. Catherine Winkworth published her English translation of Neander's hymn in 1863.

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