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Text:Psalm 51:1-17 (A Responsorial Setting)
Tune:[Lord, have mercy, have mercy upon us]
Arranger:Anders Nyberg

51G(alt2). Psalm 51:1-17 (A Responsorial Setting)

Alternate Refrain 2:
Xhosa:
Nkosi, Nkosi, yiba nenceba.

English:
Lord, have mercy, have mercy upon us.

Text Information
First Line: Nkosi, Nkosi, yiba nenceba (Lord, have mercy, have mercy upon us)
Title: Psalm 51:1-17 (A Responsorial Setting)
Language: English; Xhosa
Publication Date: 2012
Scripture:
Topic: Biblical Names and Places: Jerusalem; Biblical Names and Places: Zion; Broken-hearted (43 more...)
Source: South African traditional. ; Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Psalm text)
Copyright: Psalm text © 2006 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, admin. Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Notes: Responsorial refrain to reading of Psalm 51. Psalm tone included for chanting. Likewise, alternate refrain 2 is drawn from a longer Xhosa (South African) song. The full song can be found in the collection Freedom Is Coming (Walton Music Corporation). A soft drum may accompany this plaintive cry for mercy. (If reading the psalm, the drum can continue playing under the reading between entrances of the refrain.) The letter c in “nenceba” is pronounced with a gentle smack by the tip of the tongue against the upper row of teeth.
Tune Information
Name: [Lord, have mercy, have mercy upon us]
Arranger: Anders Nyberg
Key: a minor
Copyright: © G.M. Kolisi, South Africa; US rights Walton Music; Arr. © 1984 Peace of Music Publishing AB, admin. Walton Music Corporation (arranger)



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