Omnipotent Lord, My Saviour and King in Tonic Solfa
Omnipotent Lord, My Saviour and King in Tonic Solfa to LYONS, doh is Ab: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 8 verses and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| s,Om-- | dni--dpo--rtent- | mLord,---dMy- | fSa--fviour-mand- | rKing,---s,Thy- |
| dsuc--dcour-raf-- | mford,---fThy- | sright--,f_meous--rness- | dbring;---s,Thy- |
| s,prom--s,is--l,es- | t,bind-t,thee-dCom-- | rpas--rsion-mto- | fhave,---s,Now,- |
| dnow-dlet-rme- | mfind-mthee-fAl-- | smight--,f_my-rto- | dsave.--- |
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- Key
- Ab major
- Doh
- Ab
- Time
- 3/4
- Starts on
- s, (E♭)
- Range
- s, to s (E♭ to E♭, an octave)
- Tune
- LYONS
- Words
- Charles Wesley, John Wesley
Tune LYONS by Johann Michael Haydn (1737–1806) and William Gardiner (1770–1853); words by Charles Wesley (1707–1788) or John Wesley (1703–1791). Sources and licences.
The solfa line by line
The same solfa as plain text, a line of the hymn at a time, with the words of the first verse under it — easy to copy into your own notes or a message to the choir. To print it, download the solfa as a PDF.
Doh is Ab · 3/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in Ab major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Omnipotent Lord, My Saviour and King,
Thy succour afford, Thy righteousness bring;
Thy promises bind thee Compassion to have,
Now, now let me find thee Almighty to save.
Rejoicing, in hope, And patient in grief,
To thee I look up For certain relief;
I fear no denial, No danger I fear,
Nor start from the trial, While Jesus is near.
I every hour In jeopardy stand;
But thou art my power, And holdest my hand;
While yet I am calling, Thy succour I feel,
It saves me from falling, Or plucks me from hell.
O who can explain This struggle for life!
This travail and pain, This trembling and strife!
Plague, earthquake, and famine, And tumult, and war,
The wonderful coming Of Jesus declare.
For every fight Is dreadful and loud,
The warrior's delight Is slaughter and blood,
His foes overturning, Till all shall expire;
But this is with burning And fuel of fire.
Yet God is above Men, devils, and sin,
My Jesus's love The battle shall win,
So terribly glorious His coming shall be,
His love all victorious Shall conquer for me
He all shall break through; His truth and his grace
Shall bring me into The plentiful place,
Through much tribulation, Through water and fire,
Through floods of temptation, And flames of desire.
On Jesus, my power, Till then I rely,
All evil before His presence shall fly;
When I have my Saviour, My Sin shall depart
And Jesus for ever Shall reign in my heart.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum Ab and sing d r m f s up from it, so the whole choir has the key in their ears before you start.
- Pitch the first note. The tune starts on s, (E♭), on the first syllable of “Omnipotent”, as a pickup before the first full bar.
- Count the time. 3/4 means three crotchet beats in each bar. In the grid every cell is half a crotchet: a dash (–) holds the note before it, and _ is a rest. A cell split by a comma holds two quarter beats: d -,r is a dotted quaver and a semiquaver, d,r two semiquavers. That comma sits between two syllables; an octave mark sits small and low against its own letter (s,).
- Know the notes. The tune uses d r m f s l t. A comma after a note (s,) is the octave below; an apostrophe (d') is the octave above.
New to solfa? Read how to read Tonic Solfa and how to find the doh of a song.
About the hymn
John Wesley printed these words in A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists (1780), hymn 273. They first appeared in a book he and his brother Charles published together, and the Collection's own index cannot say which of the two wrote them.
The book printed the words without tunes. They are in 10.10.11.11, and this page sets them to LYONS; any other 10.10.11.11 tune fits them as well.
- Words: Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
- Words: John Wesley (1703–1791)
- Music: Johann Michael Haydn (1737–1806)
- Music (Sacred Melodies, 1815): William Gardiner (1770–1853)
Tune LYONS by Johann Michael Haydn (1737–1806) and William Gardiner (1770–1853); words by Charles Wesley (1707–1788) or John Wesley (1703–1791).
Sung to the same tune: All Thanks to the Lamb, Who Gives Us to Meet, Appointed by Thee, We Meet in Thy Name, My Father, My God, I Long for Thy Love, O Heavenly King, Look Down from Above, O Worship the King, Thy Faithfulness, Lord, Each Moment We Find, Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim.
Questions about Omnipotent Lord, My Saviour and King
What is the doh of Omnipotent Lord, My Saviour and King?
In this version, in Ab major, doh is Ab. If your choir sings it in another key, doh moves to the new key note and every solfa syllable stays the same — that is what movable doh means.
What note does Omnipotent Lord, My Saviour and King start on?
It starts on s, (E♭ in Ab major), a pickup on the first syllable of “Omnipotent” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to s,.
Is Omnipotent Lord, My Saviour and King in the public domain?
Yes. Charles Wesley died in 1788, John Wesley died in 1791, Johann Michael Haydn died in 1806, William Gardiner died in 1853; the words were in print by 1780 and the music in 1815. Everyone named died before 1955 and both were published before 1929, so the hymn is out of copyright in the UK, the EU, the United States and Nigeria. Modern arrangements and translations can still be under copyright.