The path of man, Thou openest it before him

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by Othmar Helferstorfer (1810 - 1880)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Des Menschen Weg, du bahnest ihn

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Des Menschen Weg, du bahnest ihn,
Des Menschen Tritt, du leitest ihn,
Du bist allein sein Hort und Licht,
Du seine Kraft, sein Trost und Lohn.

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by Othmar Helferstorfer (1810 - 1880) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Johann Baptist Ziegler (1805 - 1871), no title, 1854 [ satb quartet and physharmonica ], from Psalm, no. 2, unpublished,confirmed with the manuscript in Huldigung der Tonsetzer Wiens an Ihre Majestät die allerdurchlauchtigste Frau Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Kaiserin von Österreich, Königin von Ungarn und Böhmen etc. Überreicht von der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde des österreichischen Kaiserstaates 1854 held in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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The path of man, Thou openest it before...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The path of man, Thou openest it before him,
The steps of man, Thou guidest them, 
Thou alone art man's refuge and light,
Thou his strength, his comfort and reward.

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This text was added to the website: 2025-09-05
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