All the Ends of the Earth (AOV 1/76)

I’ll miss Bob Dufford’s mass that we did to death over the years.  At least we can still sing this very popular song of his, a setting of Psalm 98.

It can be purchased for download at OCP.

Cantus Mundi collates a few versions here but none are really “brisk, bouncy” and at 176 bpm, which is fairly galloping. The original is about right speed wise, but the singing does not match the song – it needs to be much more forceful and enthusiastic.

Refrain:
All the ends of the earth, all you creatures of the sea,
Lift up your eyes to the wonders of the Lord.
For the Lord of the earth, the Master of the sea,
has come with justice for the world.

Verse 1

Break into song at the deeds of the Lord,
the wonders God has done in ev’ry age.

Refrain

Verse 2

Heaven and earth shall rejoice in your might;
ev’ry heart, ev’ry nation call you Lord.

Refrain

Verse 3

The Lord has made salvation known,
faithful to the promises of old.
Let the ends of the earth, let the sea and all it holds
make music before our God!

Refrain

© Robert Dufford and New Dawn Music1981