Oh dear...please to compare these words...

Thy Name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!

Sing now in friendship this, our hearts own song.

When bound to human care and hopes, then we are free.

However strong the walls of his realm might be!

Now, granted people have different tastes...but isn't the first one (again, I know it is all relative) absolutely powerful, and have the right rhythm, which it seems to me the others don't have, at least I can't fit them to the tune..except sort of the third one. mg