2. Praise ye the Lord

From Solomon, HWV 67, Act I, Scene I

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	B flat major → E flat major
Meter	3/4
Tempo	Andante larghetto
Length	179 measures

English text
Levite
Praise ye the Lord for all his mercies past,
Whose truth, whose justice will for ever last.
Opera Stanford

About the text

• Author: Moses Mendes?
• Bible: the First Book of Kings and the Second Book of Chronicle

Instrumentation

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/27.1, p. 39
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