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Text:¡Oh gran Dios! Yo soy un vil
Author:P. A. Pérez de Castro
Tune:PETRA (GETHSEMANE, REDHEAD NÚM. 76)
Composer:Richard Redhead, 1820-1901

217. ¡Oh gran Dios! Yo soy un vil

1 ¡Oh gran Dios! Yo soy un vil,
Miserable pecador,
Que falté mil veces mil
A la ley de mi Señor:
Que tus sendas olvidé
Y tu amor menosprecié.

2 En mi mente no hay verdad;
Mi perverso corazón,
Por su gran iniquidad,
Lleno está de confusión;
He perdido mi vigor,
Desfallezco de dolor.

3 Ten, ¡oh Dios!, piedad de mí,
Que debilitado estoy;
Dame, por amor de Ti,
La salud que busco hoy;
No me dejes perecer;
Ven, mi cárcel a romper.

Amén.

Text Information
First Line: ¡Oh gran Dios! Yo soy un vil
Author: P. A. Pérez de Castro
Meter: 7 7, 7 7, 7 7.
Language: Spanish
Publication Date: 1964
Topic: La Vida Cristiana: Arrepentimiento y Confesión; The Christian Life: Repentance and Confession
Tune Information
Name: PETRA (GETHSEMANE, REDHEAD NÚM. 76)
Composer: Richard Redhead, 1820-1901
Meter: 7 7, 7 7, 7 7.
Key: E♭ Major



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