Translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts
Turn thy face from my sins, and put out...
Language: English  after the Latin
Turn thy face from my sins, and put out all my misdeeds. Make me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
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Authorship:
- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Psalm 51, lines 9-11 [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalmus 50 (51)"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Thomas Attwood (1765 - 1838), "Turn thy face from my sins", published 1905 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], in The Anthem Book, no. 28 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Benjamin Burrows (1891 - 1966), "Turn thy face", c1910 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Georg Friedrich Händel.
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , from lines 1-2 [an adaptation] ; composed by William Byrd.
- Also set in English, a translation by Nicholas Brady (1659 - 1726) [an adaptation] and by Nahum Tate (1652 - 1715) [an adaptation] ; composed by Charles Edward Ives.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation possibly by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist and possibly by Christian Friedrich Henrici (1700 - 1764); composed by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2022-01-04
Line count: 3
Word count: 41