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Text:Psalm 51: Have Mercy, Lord
Tune:[Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned]
Composer (Antiphon):Patricia Craig
Composer (Gelineau tone):Joseph Gelineau, SJ
Composer (Psalm tone):Chrysogonus Waddell, OCSO

53b. Psalm 51: Have Mercy, Lord

Text Information
First Line: Have mercy on me, O God
Title: Psalm 51: Have Mercy, Lord
Refrain First Line: Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned
Language: English
Publication Date: 2011
Source: Verses The Revised Grail Psalms; Antiphon: Lectionary for Mass
Copyright: Antiphon © 1969, 1981, ICEL; Verses © 2010, Conception Abbey and The Grail, admin. by GIA Publications
Notes: Antiphonal response to reading or chanting of Psalm 51
Tune Information
Name: [Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned]
Composer (Antiphon): Patricia Craig
Composer (Gelineau tone): Joseph Gelineau, SJ
Composer (Psalm tone): Chrysogonus Waddell, OCSO
Key: a minor
Copyright: Antiphon © 1975 GIA Publications; Gelineau tone © 1963, 1993, The Grail, GIA Publications, Inc., agent; Psalm tone © Gethsemani Abbey



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