Thy presence why withdraw'st thou, Lord? (Joseph Stephenson)
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- Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2011-06-29). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 32 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: The alto part is printed in the alto clef in the source. Fragments only of the first verse of the text are underlaid in the source: this has been given in full in the present edition, with four additional verses selected from the text and underlaid editorially. The last G in the alto part in the penultimate bar has no accidental in the source: a natural sign has been added editorially.
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General Information
Title: Thy presence why withdraw'st thou, Lord?
Composer: Joseph Stephenson
Lyricists: Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady (from A new version of the psalms of David)
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1757 in Church Harmony Sacred to Devotion, p. 35-36
Description: A setting of Ps. 10 in the metrical New Version. Hymn Tune Index tune number 2617.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 10.