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| Composer: | Louis Bourgeois (1551) |
| Harmonizer: | Claude Goudimel (1564) |
| Meter: | P.M. |
| Key: | a minor |

| Composer: | Louis Bourgeois (1551) |
| Harmonizer: | Claude Goudimel (1564) |
| Meter: | P.M. |
| Key: | a minor |
See discussion of the hauntingly beautiful GENEVAN 51 at 51; Psalm 51 is one of the psalms of lament. Unison may be most appropriate for congregational singing of this lament. Though suitably solemn, this melody should not be sung too slowly.
--Psalter Hymnal Handbook
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| A Congregational Lament |
| Be Merciful, Be Merciful, O God |