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Text:Psalm 51: Create in Me
Versifier:David Haas
Tune:[Have mercy on me, O God]
Composer:David Haas

37. Psalm 51: Create in Me

Text Information
First Line: Have mercy on me, O God
Title: Psalm 51: Create in Me
Versifier: David Haas
Refrain First Line: Create in me a clean heart, O God (I will arise and go to my God]
Language: English
Publication Date: 2004
Scripture:
Topic: Ash Wednesday; Christian Initiation; Penance
Copyright: © 1987, GIA Publications, Inc. For licensing, see www.onelicense.net; Refrain trans. from "Lectionary for Mass" © 1969, 1981, 1997 International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation
ONE LICENSE: 00837
Tune Information
Name: [Have mercy on me, O God]
Composer: David Haas
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: © 1987, GIA Publications, Inc. For licensing, see www.onelicense.net



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