Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people (Samuel Babcock)

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  • (Posted 2016-07-02)  CPDL #40211:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-02).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 83 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition.
  • (Posted 2016-07-02)  CPDL #40210:   
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-02).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 5 pages, 86 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people
First Line: Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people
Composer: Samuel Babcock

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredAnthem

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1795 in Babcock's The Middlesex Harmony, no. 20, p. 41-48
Description: Words from the Bible, Isaiah Chapter 40, King James Version.

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Original text and translations

English.png English text

Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, saith your God.
Speak comfortably unto Jerusalem,
And cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished,
Her sins are pardoned.
For he hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord,
Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be exalted,
And every mountain and hill made low,
(Isaiah 40:1-4a)
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
And all flesh shall see it together.
(Isaiah 40:5a)
Hallelujah, Amen.