Written by Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) at the end of the nineteenth century, Beati quorum via is the third and best-known of Stanford’s Three Motets, Op 38.

Text

Psalm 119, verse 1:

Beati quorum via integra est,
qui ambulant in lege Domini.

Translation

Blessed are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the Lord.