Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
An ancient chant of Eucharistic devotion based on the verses taken from Habakkuk 2:20
"Let all the earth keep silence before Him"
taken from one of the books of the 12 minor prophets of Bible. The original was composed in Greek as a Cherubic Hymn for the Offertory of the Divine Liturgy of St James in the fourth Century AD, with local Churches adopting arrangements in Syriac and . In modern times, the Ralph Vaughn Williams arrangement of a translation from the Greek by Gerard Moultrie to the tune of Picardy, a French medieval folk melody, popularized the hymn among Christian congregations that worship liturgically.Verses
Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
And with fear and trembling stand;
Ponder nothing earthly minded,
For with blessing in His hand,
Christ our God to earth descendeth,
Our full homage to demand.
King of kings, yet born of Mary,
As of old on earth He stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture,
In the body and the blood;
He will give to all the faithful
His own self for heavenly food.
Rank on rank the host of heaven
Spreads its vanguard on the way,
As the Light of light descendeth
From the realms of endless day,
That the powers of hell may vanish
As the darkness clears away.
At His feet the six wingèd seraph,
Cherubim with sleepless eye,
Veil their faces to the presence,
As with ceaseless voice they cry:
Alleluia, Alleluia
Alleluia, Lord Most High!
Further reading
* Development of Divine Liturgy of St James
* Wikisource of Cherubic Hymn
* Author of English lyrics Gerard Moultrie
* Hymn melody Picardy (hymn)
* Prayers for Eucharistic adoration
External Links
* Musical annotation for playing as MIDI melody or score at [http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/l/e/letallmf.htm|"Cyberhymnal"]
* Hear Real Audio and MP3 samples at "Center for Church Music" songs and hymn collection [http://songsandhymns.org/hymns/detail/let-all-mortal-flesh-keep-silence "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence"]
* Preview image of " [http://www.hymnprint.net/index.cfm?go=cDownload.public&hid=5160&t=jpg "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence"] " from "Gather Comprehensive", a Roman Catholic hymnal published online by GIA Hymnprint.Net
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