let a orlod eta

ff f f od Lift Thine Eyes

(from "Elijah")
le ta 2e ta SSA unaccompanied Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
or
d 1
od Andante (1809-1847)

Soprano I

Lift thine eyes, O lift thine eyes to the moun - tains, whence com - eth, whence

Soprano II

Lift thine eyes, O lift thine eyes to the moun - tains, whence com - eth, whence

Alto
let a 2e ta I 24
Lift thine eyes, O lift thine eyes to the moun - tains, whence com - eth, whence

s L
6

com - eth, whence com - eth help. Thy help

com - eth, whence com - eth help. Thy help com - eth, com - eth

le tarde ta

com - eth, whence com - eth help. 21 It Thy help com - eth

s
11 cresc. dim.

com - eth from the Lord, the Ma - ker of hea - ven and earth.
cresc. dim.

from the Lord, from the Lord, the Ma - ker of hea - ven and earth.
cresc. dim.
I Let a
from the Lord, the Ma - - ker of hea - ven- and earth.

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17 cresc.

He hath said, thy foot shall not be mo - ved. Thy Keep - er will ne - ver slum - ber,
cresc.

He hath said, thy foot shall not be mo - ved. Thy Keep - er will ne - ver

te t a 2e ta
cresc.

He hath said, thy foot shall not be mo - ved. Thy Keep - er will ne - ver

23
cresc. dim.

ne - ver, will ne - ver slum - ber, ne - ver slum - - ber.

cresc. dim.

slum - ber, ne - ver, will ne - ver slum - - - - ber.

-
cresc. dim.

slum - ber, ne - ver, will ne - ver slum - ber, will ne - ver slum - ber.

28

Lift thine eyes, O lift thine eyes to the moun-tains, whence com - eth, whence com - eth, whence

Lift thine eyes, O lift thine eyes to the moun-tains, whence com - eth, whence com - eth, whence

I t 2 1

Lift thine eyes, O lift thine eyes to the moun-tains, whence com - eth, whence
Gr
34 weirgop onwarente

com - eth help, whence com - eth, whence com - eth, whence com - eth help.

com - eth help, whence com - eth, whence com - eth, whence com - eth help.
3
same
pay
com - eth help, whence com - eth, whence com - eth, whence com - eth help.

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TITLE: Lift Thine Eyes

LARGER WORK: Elijah
COMPOSER: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
DATE OF COMPOSITION: 1846
SCORING: SSA a cappella
SOURCE OF EDITION: Elijah (G. Schirmer, undated)
Mendelssohn’s Werke, (Breitkopf & Härtel, ed. J. Reitz, 1874-77)
EDITOR: Rafael Ornes (ed. 1/2/99)
GERMAN TEXT:
Hebe deine Augen auf zu den Bergen von welchen dir Hülfe kommt.
Deine Hülfe kommt vom Herrn, der Himmel und Erde gemacht hat.
Er wird deinen Fuss nicht gleiten lassen,
Und der dich behütet, schläft nicht.
Hebe deine Augen auf zu den Bergen von welchen dir Hülfe kommt.

EDITORIAL NOTES:

Elijah was completed on 11 August 1846 and premiered at the Birmingham Festival in
England on 26 August, 1846. Since both English and German versions were conducted
by Mendelssohn, the German text is given above. The subtitle of the piece in the full score
is “No. 28. Terzetto. Die Engel.”