Sheet music

Original

Phoebus. William Billings. A cappella. Sacred , Hymn Meter. 86. 86. C.M. Language. English. SATB.

Translation

Phoebus. William Billings. A cappella. Sacred , Hymn Meter. 86. 86. C.M. Language. English. SATB.

Original

First published in The Singing-Master's Assistant , 1778, pp. 39-40. Words by Isaac Watts , 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 5. Watts' poem has eight stanzas, each 86. 86. Common Meter. Billings doubles these, two stanzas of poem to one of music.

Translation

First published in The Singing-Master's Assistant , 1778, pp. 39-40. Words by Isaac Watts , 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 5. Watts' poem has eight stanzas, each 86. 86. Common Meter. Billings doubles these, two stanzas of poem to one of music.