Lord in thy rage (William Byrd)

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• CPDL #05820: Sibelius 4

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2003-10-21).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 96 kbytes    Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Revised Feb 09.

General Information

Title: Lord in thy rage
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: ATT
Genre: Sacred, Partsong

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

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.