Lord in thy rage (William Byrd)

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Editor: David Fraser (added 2003-10-21).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 75 kbytes   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Revised March 2006 (minor amendments to underlay & format).

General Information

Title: Lord in thy rage
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SAT
Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English

Instruments: a cappella

Published: Songs of sundrie natures (1589), no. 1

Description: A setting of an anonymous metrical version of Psalm 6, vv. 1–2.

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Original text and translations

Image:English.png English text
Lord in thy rage rebuke me not,
for my most grievous sin,
nor in thine anger chasten me,
but let me favour win,

Have mercy Lord on me, because
my state is weak to see,
heal me, O Lord, for that my bones
are troubled sore in me.

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