Remember not, Lord, our offences
Language: English
Remember not, Lord our offences, nor th'offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeance of our sins, good Lord But spare us, good Lord. Spare thy people, whom thou hast redeem'd with thy most precious blood; and be not angry with us forever. Spare us, good Lord.
Authorship:
- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , from the Litany (the Book of Common Prayer) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Remember not, Lord, our offences", Z. 50 (1679-82). [five-part chorus] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ne te souviens pas, Seigneur, de nos offenses", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Gedenke, Herr, nicht unserer Verfehlungen", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ivo Zandhuis
This text was added to the website: 2004-12-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 47