Supplication (Jacob French)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-02-04). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 78 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: As written in 1789.
General Information
Title: Supplication
First Line: Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive
Composer: Jacob French
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1789 in The New American Melody, pp. 45-48
Description: This tune changes key frequently. Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 51, Part 1, with six stanzas. French used five of Watts' stanzas (1, 2, 3, 5, 6) in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 51.