Within thy paths that are most pure (John Arnold)

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  • (Posted 2015-04-24)  CPDL #35191:        (Sibelius 7)
Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2015-04-24).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 40 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Original clefs are treble, alto, tenor and bass. The text of the first verse only is underlaid in the source, with the three subsequent verses given here printed after the music: these have been underlaid editorially.

General Information

Title: Within thy paths that are most pure
Composer: John Arnold
Tune: Orset
Lyricist: Thomas Sternhold

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1757 in The Psalmist's Recreation, p. 4
Description: Setting of verses from Psalm 17 in the metrical Old Version. Hymn Tune Index tune number 2432. The tune was republished, with the same text, in the fifth edition (1761) and sixth edition (1769) of John Arnold's collection The Compleat Psalmodist. In those sources, it is given the tune name 'Orset'.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 17.