O Lord, give ear to my just cause (Thomas Ravenscroft)

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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-02).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 59 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The eight stanzas in Part 1 of Sternhold's paraphrase included.

General Information

Title: O Lord, give ear to my just cause
Tune: Salisbury
Composer: Thomas Ravenscroft
Lyricist: Thomas Sternhold

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1621

Description: First published in Thomas Ravenscroft's The Whole Booke of Psalmes, 1621, pp. 46-47. Words by Thomas Sternhold, 1556, paraphrase of Psalm 17, in eight stanzas (part 1); amended by William Whittingham.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 17.