Text:You Are the Lord, Giver of Mercy!
Tune:WAYFARING STRANGER
Arranger:Richard D. Wetzel
Media:Audio recording

437. You Are the Lord, Giver of Mercy!

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First Line: You are the Lord, giver of mercy!
Title: You Are the Lord, Giver of Mercy!
Meter: 9.9.9
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ; ;
Topic: Forgiveness; Mercy
Source: Trad. liturgical text; rev. The Worshipbook, 1970
Copyright: © 1970 The Westminster Press (admin. Westminster John Knox Press)
ONE LICENSE: 78878
Tune Information
Name: WAYFARING STRANGER
Arranger: Richard D. Wetzel (1972)
Meter: 9.9.9
Key: e minor
Source: Appalachian folk melody
Copyright: © 1972 The Westminster Press (admin. Westminster John Knox Press)


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This adaptation of the traditional Kyrie eleison text transforms a series of petitions into a series of acclamations. With harsher music these might have seemed bold or rash, but this plaintive setting derived from an Appalachian melody preserves a sense of humility and trust.


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