Notable Musical Settings
- Purcell wrote a setting of it for the coronation of King James II in 1685
- William Boyce wrote a setting of it for the coronation of King George III in 1761
- It is the third Psalm of Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610
- It is the third Psalm of Vivaldi's Vespro per la Vergine RV607
- It is the third Psalm of all Tridentine Vespers of Sundays and Feasts.
- Sir Hubert Parry, who set And did those feet in ancient time to music, set "I was Glad" for the coronation of King Edward VII.
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