The Lord bless thee and keep thee

General information

Source of text: Numbers 6: 24-26

Notes on selected settings

Peter C. Lutkin SATB (version 2) Lowell Mason SATB (version 1) Matthew J. Pool SATB (version 2) Bruce Michez SATB with A solo

Kathryn Rose Unison (version 1) M. Ryan Taylor SATB (version 1) Robert White ATTBarB (version 3) Michael Winikoff SATB (version 4)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• William Sterndale Bennett — The Lord bless thee and keep thee  English SATB
• Peter C. Lutkin — The Lord bless you and keep you  English SATB
• Lowell Mason — The Lord bless thee  English SATB
• Bruce Michez — The Lord bless thee  English SATB
• Matthew J. Pool — The Lord bless and keep you  English SATB
• Kathryn Rose — The Lord bless thee  English unison
• M. Ryan Taylor — The Lord bless thee and keep thee  English SATB
• Robert White — The Lord bless us and keep us  English SAATB
• Michael Winikoff — The Lord bless you and keep you  English SATB

Text and translations

English text (King James Version, 1611) The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, And be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, And give thee peace. Amen.

Version 2 May the Lord bless and keep you; The Lord make his face shine up on you And be gracious to you; The Lord turn his face toward you And give you peace. Amen.

Version 3 The Lord bless us and keep us. The Lord make his face shine upon us, And be merciful unto us. The Lord lift up his countenance upon us, And give us peace for evermore. Amen.

Version 4 The Lord will bless you and keep you The Lord will make his face to shine upon you And give you peace.