568. Lord, Thou hast been Thy people’s rest
James Montgomery, 1771-1854
A metrical version of the 90th Psalm.
For comments on James Montgomery see [Hymn 62].
MUSIC. ALLEIN GOTT IN DER HÖH’ SEI EHR’ appeared in Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, 1539, where it is set to the hymn, “Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr,” by Nikolaus Decius. The tune is of pre-Reformation origin. It is an adaptation from an Easter Gloria of anonymous composition, and appears with variants in different collections. Many settings of the tune have been made by Bach and other great composers, the one here being by Mendelssohn, used in his oratorio, St. Paul.