Nisi Dominus (Christopher Upton)

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• (Posted 2012-05-24)  CPDL #26292:       

Editor: Christopher Upton (submitted 2012-05-24).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 47 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC SA

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General Information

Title: Nisi Dominus
Composer: Christopher Upton
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: Organ

First published: 2012
Description: Hymn tune, 88. 88 (L.M.), set to Isaac Watts' metrication of Psalm 127.

Original text and translations

English text 1  If God succeed not, all the cost And pains to build the house are lost; If God the city will not keep, The watchful guards as well might sleep. 2  What if you rise before the sun, And work and toil when day is done, Careful and sparing eat your bread, To shun that poverty you dread.

3  'Tis all in vain, till God hath blest; He can make rich, yet give us rest: Children and friends are blessings too, If God our sovereign make them so. 4  Happy the man to whom he sends Obedient children, faithful friends: How sweet our daily comforts prove, When they are seasoned with his love!