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51G(alt2). Psalm 51:1-17 (A Responsorial Setting)

Alternate Refrain 2:
Xhosa:
Nkosi, Nkosi, yiba nenceba.

English:
Lord, have mercy, have mercy upon us.

Text Information

• First Line: Nkosi, Nkosi, yiba nenceba (Lord, have mercy, have mercy upon us)
• Title: Psalm 51:1-17 (A Responsorial Setting)
• Language: English; Xhosa
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Psalm 51
• Topic: Biblical Names and Places: Jerusalem; Biblical Names and Places: Zion; Broken-hearted; Church Year: Ash Wednesday; Church Year: Good Friday; Church Year: Lent; Church Year: Pentecost; Church Year: Transfiguration; Cry to God; Daily Prayer: Morning Prayer; Elements of Worship: Assurance of Pardon; Elements of Worship: Baptism; Elements of Worship: Confession (Individual); Elements of Worship: Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship: Offering; Endurance; Forgiveness; God: Trust in; God as: Refuge; God as: Spirit; God's: Wisdom; God's: Face; God's: Forgiveness; God's: Goodness; God's: Justice; God's: Love; God's: Protection; Grace; Guilt; Humility; Joy; Judgment; Lord's Prayer: 5th petition (forgive us our sins as we forgive…); Mercy; Offering of Sacrifice; Renewal; Servants of God; Sorrow; Suffering; Ten Commandments: 7th Commandmnet (do not commit adultery); The Fall; Year A, B, C, Lent, Ash Wednesday; Year B, Lent, 5th Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 31-August 6; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, September, 11-17; Texts in Languages Other than English: Xhosa
• Source: South African traditional. ; Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Psalm text)
• Copyright: Psalm text © 2006 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, admin. Augsburg Fortress Publishers
• Notes: Responsorial refrain to reading of Psalm 51. Psalm tone included for chanting. Likewise, alternate refrain 2 is drawn from a longer Xhosa (South African) song. The full song can be found in the collection Freedom Is Coming (Walton Music Corporation). A soft drum may accompany this plaintive cry for mercy. (If reading the psalm, the drum can continue playing under the reading between entrances of the refrain.) The letter c in “nenceba” is pronounced with a gentle smack by the tip of the tongue against the upper row of teeth.

Tune Information

• Name: [Lord, have mercy, have mercy upon us]
• Arranger: Anders Nyberg
• Key: a minor
• Copyright: © G.M. Kolisi, South Africa; US rights Walton Music; Arr. © 1984 Peace of Music Publishing AB, admin. Walton Music Corporation (arranger)