Old 100th” or “Old Hundredth” (also known as “Old Hundred”) is a hymn tune in long metre, from the second edition of the Genevan Psalter. It is one of the best known melodies in many Christian musical traditions. The tune is usually attributed to the French composer Louis Bourgeois (c. 1510 – c. 1560). Although the tune was first associated with Psalm 134 in the Genevan Psalter, the melody receives its current name from an association with Psalm 100, in a translation by William Kethe entitled “All People that on Earth do Dwell”, who was in exile in Geneva at the time of writing, as the Scottish Reformation was only just beginning. The melody is also sung to various other lyrics, including the Doxology and various German Lutheran chorales1. The version I have included below has an added words to the traditional.
All people that on earth do dwell
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice
Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell
Come ye before Him and rejoice
The Lord, ye know, is God indeed
Without our aid, He did us make
We are His flock, He doth us feed
And for His sheep, He doth us take
Yahweh, into Your courts
We enter with thankful hearts
O faithful God, Your love endures
O enter, then, His gates with praise
Approach with joy His courts unto
Praise laud and bless His name always
For it is seemly so to do
For why the Lord, our God, is good
His mercy is forever sure
His truth, at all times, firmly stood
And shall from age to age endure
Yahweh, into Your courts
We enter with thankful hearts
O faithful God, Your love endures
For why the Lord, our God, is good
His mercy is forever sure
His truth, at all times, firmly stood
And shall from age to age endure
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