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Text:Deliver Me From Evil
Alterer:Bert Witvoet
Tune:PASSION CHORALE (HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN)
Composer:Hans Leo Hassler
Harmonizer and Adapter :Johann S. Bach, 1685-1750

140A. Deliver Me From Evil

Text Information
First Line: Deliver me from evil
Title: Deliver Me From Evil
Alterer: Bert Witvoet (1985)
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Language: English
Publication Date: 2012
Scripture:
Topic: Affliction; Lament: Individual; Salvation (1 more...)
Source: Psalter, 1912
Copyright: Rev. © 1987 Faith Alive Christian Resources (Revision)
Notes: The pairing of this text with the chorale tune PASSION CHORALE (“O Sacred Head Now Wounded”) is intended to highlight the associations with Christ’s suffering that can be found in the psalm.
Tune Information
Name: PASSION CHORALE (HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN)
Composer: Hans Leo Hassler (1601)
Harmonizer and Adapter : Johann S. Bach, 1685-1750
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Key: a minor
Source: St. Matthew Passion, 1729 (Adapt. and Harm.)
Notes: Guitar chords do not correspond with keyboard harmony.



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