The Whole Booke of Psalmes (Ravenscroft, Thomas)

Title The Whole Booke of Psalmes
Alternative title {{TPtr}} :The Whole booke of psalms : with the hymnes euangelicall, and songs spirituall / composed into 4. parts by sundry authors, to such seuerall tunes, as haue beene, and are vsually sung in England, Scotland, Wales, Germany, Italy, France, and the Nether-lands, neuer as yet before in one volumne published ; also, 1. A briefe abstract of the prayse, efficacie, and vertue of the psalmes, 2. That all clarkes of churches, and the auditory, may know what tune each proper psalme may be sung vnto ; newly corrected and enlarged by Tho. Rauenscroft
Creators Thomas Ravenscroft, composer
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Instrumentation soprano, alto, tenor and bass
mixed chorus
Number of movements 170
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First published 1621
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Composition types Psalms
Language English
Period Renaissance
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View Complete London: The Company of Stationers 1621 Complete Book
Complete Book
View Complete London: Thomas Harper for the Company of Stationers 1633 Complete Book
View Complete William Pearson Complete Score
View Complete Complete Score
View Complete selections Come Holy Ghost (Veni Creator)
Lord of Whom I do Depend (The Humble Sute of a Sinner)
Farmer: O Come and Let Us Now Rejoice (Venite exultemus - Ps.95)
We Praise Thee God (Te Deum)
O All Ye Works of God the Lord (Song of the 3 Children)
The Onely Lord of Israel (Benedictus)
Farmer: My Soul does Magnify the Lord (Magnificat)
O Lord Because My Hearts Desire (Nunc dimittis)
Farmer: What Man Soever (Quicunque vult)
Parsons: O Lord Turne Not Away Thy Face (The Lamentation)
Farmer: Our Father Which in Heaven Art (The Lord's Prayer)
Farmer: Hark Israel (The X Commandements)
The Complaint of a Sinner
View Complete selections Morley: The Man is Blest (Psalm 1)
Why did the Gentiles Tumults Raise? (Psalm 2)
O Lord how are my foes increast (Psalm 3)
O God that art my righteousness (Psalm 4)
View Complete selections John Milton Sr.: Incline thine ears unto my words (Psalm 5)
Kirbye: Lord in thy wrath reprove me not (Psalm 6)
Harrison: O Lord my God I put my trust (Psalm 7)
O God our Lord how wonderful (Psalm 8)
With heart and mouth (Psalm 9)
Tomkins: What is the cause (Psalm 10)
I Trust in God (Psalm 11)
Blankes: Help Lord for good and godly men (Psalm 12)
Tomkins: How long wilt thou forget me Lord (Psalm 13)
Morley: There is no God as foolish men (Psalm 14)
O Lord within thy tabernacle (Psalm 15)
Lord keep me, for I trust in thee (Psalm 16)
O Lord give ear to my just cause (Psalm 17)
Cobbold: O God my strength and fortitude (Psalm 18)
The heavens and the firmament (Psalm 19)
Cranford: In trouble and adversity (Psalm 20)
Bennet: O Lord how joyful is the king (Psalm 21)
O God my God, wherefor dost thou forsake me (Psalm 22)
My Shepherd is the Living Lord (Psalm 23)
Allison: The Earth is all the Lords (Psalm 24)
Ward: I Lift My Heart to Thee (Psalm 25)
Lord be My Judge (Psalm 26)
John Milton Sr.: The Lord is Both My Health and Light (Psalm 27)
Thou art O Lord my strength (Psalm 28)
Give to the Lord Ye Potentates (Psalm 29)
All Laud and Praise with Heart and Voice (Psalm 30)
Bennet: O Lord I put My Trust in Thee (Psalm 31)
The Man is Blest Whose Wickednesse (Psalm 32)
Yee Righteous in the Lord Reioyce (Psalm 33)
I Will Give Laud and Honour (Psalm 34)
Tomkins: Lord Plead My Cause against My Foes (Psalm 35)
The Wicked with His Works Unjust (Psalm 36)
Grudge Not to See the Wicked Men (Psalm 37)
Morley: Put Me Not to Rebuke O Lord (Psalm 38)
Stubbs: I Said I Will Looke to My Wayes (Psalm 39)
I Waited Long and Sought the Lord (Psalm 40)
Blankes: The Man is Blest, that Carefull Is (Psalm 41)
Like as the Hart doth Breath and Bray (Psalm 42)
Judge and revenge my cause O Lord (Psalm 43)
Blankes: Our eares haue heard our fathers tell (Psalm 44)
My heart doth take in hand (Psalm 45)
Thomas Morley: The Lord is our defence and aid (Psalm 46)
Tomkins: Ye people all with one accord (Psalm 47)
Tomkins: Great is the Lord (Psalm 48)
All people harken and give ear (Psalm 49)
Blankes: The Mighty God th'Eternall hat thus spoke (Psalm 50)
Peerson: The God of Gods, the Lord (Psalm 50 b)
O Lord, Consider My Distress (Psalm 51)
Cranford: Have Mercy on Me God (Psalm 51 b)
Why dost Thou Tyrant Boast Abroad (Psalm 52)
The Foolish Man (Psalm 53)
God Save Mee for Thy Holy Name (Psalm 54)
John Milton Sr.: O God give ear (Psalm 55)
Harrison: Have mercy Lord on mee (Psalm 56)
Take pittie for thy promise sake (Psalm 57)
Farmer: Ye Rulers which are put in trust (Psalm 58)
Send ayde and save me (Psalm 59)
Blankes: O Lord thou didst us cleane forsake (Psalm 60)
Allison: Regard (O Lord) for I complaine (Psalm 61)
My soule to God shall give good heed (Psalm 62)
O God my God I watch betime (Psalm 63)
O Lord unto my voyce give eare (Psalm 64)
Thy Praise Alone (O Lord) doth Raigne (Psalm 65)
John Milton Sr.: Yee men on earth in God reioyce (Psalm 66)
Have mercy on us Lord (Psalm 67)
Allison: Let God arise (Psalm 68)
Allison: Save me O God (Psalm 69)
Peerson: O God to me take heed (Psalm 70)
My Lord my God in all distresse image (Psalm 71)
Lord give thy judgements to the King (Psalm 72)
How ever it be (Psalm 73)
Why art thou Lord so long from us (Psalm 74)
Stubbs: Unto thee God will we give thanks (Psalm 75)
To all that now in lury dwell (Psalm 76)
Allison: With my voyce to God doe cry (Psalm 77)
Cavendish: Attend my people to my Law (Psalm 78)
O Lord the Gentiles doe inuade (Psalm 79)
Bennet: Thou heard that Israel dost keepe (Psalm 80)
Allison: Be light and glad in God reioyce (Psalm 81)
Allison: Amid the prease with men of might (Psalm 82)
Doe not O God refraine thy tongue (Psalm 83)
How pleasant is thy dwelling place (Psalm 84)
Thou hast been mercifull indeed (Psalm 85)
Lord bow thine eare (Psalm 86)
That Citie shall full well endure (Psalm 87)
Lord God of health (Psalm 88)
Tomkins: To Sing the Mercies of the Lord (Psalm 89)
Thou Lord hast Beene our Sure Defence (Psalm 90)
Hee that within the secret place (Psalm 91)
Stubbs: It is a Thing both Good and Meet (Psalm 92)
The Lord as King Aloft doth Raigne (Psalm 93)
O Lord Thou dost Reuenge All Wrong (Psalm 94)
Come, let us lift up our voyce sound - Venite exultemus (Psalm 95)
Sing Ye with Praise unto the Lord (Psalm 96)
Tomkins: The Lord doth Raigne Whereat the Earth (Psalm 97)
O Sing Yee Now unto the Lord (Psalm 98)
Stubbs: The Lord doth Raigne (Psalm 99)
View Complete selections Dowland: All People that on Earth do Dwell Image (Psalm 100)
View Complete selections Stubbs: In God the Lord be glad and light (Psalm 100)
I mercy will and iudgement sing (Psalm 101)
John Milton Sr.: O Heare my Prayer Lord (Psalm 102)
Johnson: My soule give laud unto the Lord (Psalm 103)
My soule praise the Lord (Psalm 104)
Allison: Give prayses unto God the Lord (Psalm 105)
Praise ye the Lord (Psalm 106)
Give thanks unto the Lord our God (Psalm 107)
O God my heart prepared is (Psalm 108)
In speechless silence doe not hold (Psalm 109)
The Lord did say unto my Lord (Psalm 110)
With heart I doe accord (Psalm 111)
Kirbye: The man is blest that God doth feare (Psalm 112)
Ye Children which doe serve the Lord (Psalm 113)
Blankes: When Israel by Gods addresse (Psalm 114)
Stubbs: Not unto us Lord (Psalm 115)
I Love the Lord, because my voyce (Psalm 116)
O All ye nations of the world Psalm 117)
Stubbs: O Give ye thanks unto the Lord (Psalm 118)
Farnaby: Blessed are they that perfect are (Psalm 119)
In trouble and in thrall (Psalm 120)
Farnaby: I lift mine eyes to Sion hill (Psalm 121)
Farnaby: I did in heart reioyce (Psalm 122)
O Lord that heaven dost possesse (Psalm 123)
Now Israel may say (Psalm 124)
Farnaby: Such as in God the Lord doe trust (Psalm 125)
Allison: Those that doe put their confidence (Psalm 125b)
Johnson: When that the Lord againe his Sion (Psalm 126)
Kirbye: Except the Lord the house doe make (Psalm 127)
Blessed art thou that fearest God (Psalm 128)
Bennet: Oft they, now Israel may say (Psalm 129)
Lord to thee I make my mone (Psalm 130)
O Lord I am not puft in minde (Psalm 131)
Remember Davids troubles Lord (Psalm 132)
O How happy a thing it is (Psalm 133)
Peerson: Behold and have regard (Psalm 134)
Allison: O praise the Lord, praise him (Psalm 135)
Kirbye: Praise ye the Lord, for he is good (Psalm 136)
Kirbye: O laud the Lord benigne (Psalm 136b)
When as we sate in Babylon (Psalm 137)
J. Milton Sr.: Thee will I prayse with my whole heart (Psalm 138)
Allison: O Lord thou hast me tride and knowne (Psalm 139)
Lord save me from the evill man (Psalm 140)
Hooper: O Lord upon thee doe I call (Psalm 141)
Harrison: Before the Lord God with my voyce Psalm 142)
Tomkins: Lord heare my prayer (Psalm 143)
Blest be the Lord (Psalm 144)
Hooper: Thee will I laud my God and King (Psalm 145)
Bennet: My soule praise thou the Lord alwayes (Psalm 146)
View Complete selections Praise ye the Lord (Psalm 147)
View Complete selections Kirbye: Give laude unto the Lord (Psalm 148)
Stubbs: Sing ye unto the Lord our God (Psalm 149)
Yeeld unto God the mightie Lord (Psalm 150)
View Complete selections Tallis: Praise the Lord O Ye Gentils All
- A Psalme before Morning Prayer
View Complete selections Behold now give heed - A Psalme before Evening Prayer
Attend my people and give ear - Audi Israel
Kirbye: Our Father which in heaven art - The Lord' s Prayer
Kirbye: All my beliefe and confidence - The Creed
John Milton Sr.: Come holy spirit the God of might
- A Prayer to the Holy Ghost

Give peace in these our dayes - Da pacem
O Lord in thee is all my trust - The Lamentation
Stubbs: The Lord be thanked for his gifts - A Thanksgiving
Preserve us Lord - A Prayer
View Complete selections Engraving files (Sibelius, Mup, Finale, Quickscript)

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View MIDI Come Holy Ghost
Palmer: O Lord of whom I do depend
Farmer: O come and let us now rejoice
We praise thee God
O All ye works of God the Lord
The onely Lord of Israel
Farmer: My soul does magnify the Lord
O Lord because my hearts desire
Farmer: What man soever
Farmer: Our Father which in heaven art
Farmer: Hark Israel
The Complaint of a Sinner
View MIDI Morley: The man is blest, Psalm 1
Why did the Gentiles tumults raise, Psalm 2
O Lord how are my foes increast, Psalm 3
O God that art my righteousness, Psalm 4
Milton: Incline thine ears unto my words, Psalm 5
Kirbye: Lord in thy wrath reprove me not, Psalm 6
Harrison: O Lord my God I put my trust, Psalm 7
O God our Lord how wonderful, Psalm 8
With heart and mouth, Psalm 9
Tomkins: What is the cause, Psalm 10
I trust in God, Psalm 11
Blankes: Help Lord for good and godly men, Psalm 12
Tomkins: How long wilt thou forget me Lord, Psalm 13
Morley: There is no God as foolish men, Psalm 14
O Lord within thy tabernacle, Psalm 15
Lord keep me, for I trust in thee, Psalm 16
O Lord give ear to my just cause, Psalm 17
Cobbold: O God my strength and fortitude, Psalm 18
The heavens and the firmament, Psalm 19
Cranford: In trouble and adversity, Psalm 20
View MIDI Bennet: O Lord how joyful is the king, Psalm 21
O God my God, wherefor dost thou forsake me, Psalm 22
The Lord is only my support, Psalm 23
Allison: The earth is all the Lords, Psalm 24
Ward: I lift my heart to thee, Psalm 25
Lord be my Judge, Psalm 26
Milton: The Lord is both my health and light, Psalm 27
Thou art O Lord my strength, Psalm 28
Give to the Lord ye potentates, Psalm 29
All laud and praise with heart and voice, Psalm 30
Bennet: O Lord I put my trust in thee, Psalm 31
The man is blest whose wickednesse, Psalm 32
Yee righteous in the Lord reioyce, Psalm 33
I will give laud and honour, Psalm 34
Tomkins: Lord plead my cause against my foes, Psalm 35
The wicked with his works unjust, Psalm 36
Grudge not to see the wicked men, Psalm 37
Morley: Put me not to rebuke O Lord, Psalm 38
Stubbs: I Said I will looke to my wayes, Psalm 39
I Waited long and sought the Lord, Psalm 40
View MIDI Blankes: The man is blest, that carefull is, Psalm 41
Like as the Hart doth breath and bray, Psalm 42
Judge and revenge my cause O Lord, Psalm 43
Blankes: Our eares haue heard our fathers tell, Psalm 44
My heart doth take in hand, Psalm 45
Morley: The Lord is our defence and aid, Psalm 46
Tomkins: Ye people all with one accord, Psalm 47
Tomkins: Great is the Lord, Psalm 48
All people harken and give ear, Psalm 49
Blankes: The mighty God th'Eternall hat thus spoke, Psalm 50
Peerson: The God of Gods, the Lord, Psalm 50 b
O Lord, consider my distress, Psalm 51
Cranford: Have mercy on me God, Psalm 51 b
Why dost thou tyrant boast abroad, Psalm 52
The foolish man, Psalm 53
God save mee for thy holy name, Psalm 54
Milton: O God give ear, Psalm 55
Harrison: Have mercy Lord on mee, Psalm 56
Take pittie for thy promise sake, Psalm 57
Farmer: Ye Rulers which are put in trust, Psalm 58
Send ayde and save me, Psalm 59
Blankes: O Lord thou didst us cleane forsake, Psalm 60
View MIDI Richard Allison: Regard (O Lord) for I complaine, Psalm 61
Thomas Ravenscroft: My soule to God shall give good heed, Psalm 62
Thomas Ravenscroft: O God my God I watch betime, Psalm 63
Thomas Ravenscroft: O Lord unto my voyce give eare, Psalm 64
Thomas Ravenscroft: Thy praise alone (O Lord) doth raigne, Psalm 65
John Milton: Yee men on earth in God reioyce, Psalm 66
Thomas Ravenscroft: Have mercy on us Lord, Psalm 67
Richard Allison: Let God arise, Psalm 68
Richard Allison: Save me O God, Psalm 69
Martin Peerson: O God to me take heed, Psalm 70
Thomas Ravenscroft: My Lord my God in all distresse, Psalm 71
Thomas Ravenscroft: Lord give thy judgements to the King, Psalm 72
Thomas Ravenscroft: How ever it be, Psalm 73
Thomas Ravenscroft: Why art thou Lord so long from us, Psalm 74
Simon Stubbs: Unto thee God will we give thanks, Psalm 75
Thomas Ravenscroft: To all that now in lury dwell, Psalm 76
Richard Allison: With my voyce to God doe cry, Psalm 77
Michael Cavendish: Attend my people to my Law, Psalm 78
Thomas Ravenscroft: O Lord the Gentiles doe inuade, Psalm 79
John Bennet: Thou heard that Israel dost keepe, Psalm 80
View MIDI Richard Allison: Be light and glad in God reioyce, Psalm 81
Richard Allison: Amid the prease with men of might, Psalm 82
Thomas Ravenscroft: Doe not O God refraine thy tongue, Psalm 83
Thomas Ravenscroft: How pleasant is thy dwelling place, Psalm 84
Thomas Ravenscroft: Thou hast been mercifull indeed, Psalm 85
Thomas Ravenscroft: Lord bow thine eare, Psalm 86
Thomas Ravenscroft: That Citie shall full well endure, Psalm 87
Thomas Ravenscroft: Lord God of health, Psalm 88
Thomas Tomkins: To sing the mercies of the Lord, Psalm 89
Thomas Ravenscroft: Thou Lord hast beene our sure defence, Psalm 90
Thomas Ravenscroft: Hee that within the secret place, Psalm 91
Simon Stubbs: It is a thing both good and meet, Psalm 92
Thomas Ravenscroft: The Lord as king aloft doth raigne, Psalm 93
Thomas Ravenscroft: O Lord thou dost reuenge all wrong, Psalm 94
Thomas Ravenscroft: Come, let us lift up our voyce, Psalm 95
Thomas Ravenscroft: Sing ye with praise unto the Lord, Psalm 96
Thomas Tomkins: The Lord doth raigne whereat the earth, Psalm 97
Thomas Ravenscroft: O Sing yee now unto the Lord, Psalm 98
Simon Stubbs: The Lord doth raigne, Psalm 99
John Dowland: All people that on earth do dwell, Psalm 100
Stubbs: In God the Lord be glad and light, Psalm 100 b
View MIDI I mercy will and iudgement sing, Psalm 101
Milton: O Heare my prayer Lord, Psalm 102
Johnson: My soule give laud unto the Lord, Psalm 103
My soule praise the Lord, Psalm 104
Allison: Give prayses unto God the Lord, Psalm 105
Praise ye the Lord, Psalm 106
Give thanks unto the Lord our God, Psalm 107
O God my heart prepared is, Psalm 108
In speechless silence doe not hold, Psalm 109
The Lord did say unto my Lord, Psalm 110
With heart I doe accord, Psalm 111
Kirbye: The man is blest that God doth feare, Psalm 112
Ye children which doe serve the Lord, Psalm 113
Blankes: When Israel by Gods addresse, Psalm 114
Stubbs: Not unto us Lord, Psalm 115
I Love the Lord, because my voyce, Psalm 116
O All ye nations of the world, Psalm 117
Stubbs: O Give ye thanks unto the Lord, Psalm 118
Farnaby: Blessed are they that perfect are, Psalm 119
In trouble and in thrall, Psalm 120
View MIDI Farnaby: I lift mine eyes to Sion hill, Psalm 121
Farnaby: I did in heart reioyce, Psalm 122
O Lord that heaven dost possesse, Psalm 123
Now Israel may say, Psalm 124
Farnaby: Such as in God the Lord doe trust, Psalm 125
Allison: Those that doe put their confidence, Psalm 125 b
Johnson: When that the Lord againe his Sion had brought forth, Psalm 126
Kirbye: Except the Lord the house doe make, Psalm 127
Blessed art thou that fearest God, Psalm 128
Bennet: Oft they, now Israel may say, Psalm 129
Lord to thee I make my mone, Psalm 130
O Lord I am not puft in minde, Psalm 131
Remember Davids troubles Lord, Psalm 132
O How happy a thing it is, Psalm 133
Peerson: Behold and have regard, Psalm 134
Allison: O praise the Lord, praise him, Psalm 135
Kirbye: Praise ye the Lord, for he is good, Psalm 136
Kirbye: O laud the Lord benigne, Psalm 136 b
When as we sate in Babylon, Psalm 137
Milton: Thee will I prayse with my whole heart, Psalm 138
Allison: O Lord thou hast me tride and knowne, Psalm 139
Lord save me from the evill man, Psalm 140
View MIDI Hooper: O Lord upon thee doe I call, Psalm 141
Harrison: Before the Lord God with my voyce, Psalm 142
John Tomkins: Lord heare my prayer, Psalm 143
Blest be the Lord, Psalm 144
Hooper: Thee will I laud my God and King, Psalm 145
Bennet: My soule praise thou the Lord alwayes, Psalm 146
Praise ye the Lord, Psalm 147
Kirbye: Give laude unto the Lord, Psalm 148
Stubbs: Sing ye unto the Lord our God, Psalm 149
Yeeld unto God the mightie Lord, Psalm 150
View MIDI Tallis: Praise the Lord O ye Gentils all
Behold now give heed
Attend my people and give ear
Kirbye: Our Father which in heaven art
Kirbye: All my beliefe and confidence
Milton: Come holy spirit the God of might
Give peace in these our dayes
O Lord in thee is all my trust
Stubbs: The Lord be thanked for his gifts
Preserve us Lord


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