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Forgive Us, Lord (Perdón, Señor)

For grievance and injustice (Por tantas injusticias)

Author: Jorge Lockward (1995); Translator (English): Raquel Mora Martínez (1995)
Tune: CONFESIÓN (Lockward)
ONE LICENSE: 86400
Published in 2 hymnals

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Author: Jorge Lockward

(no biographical information available about Jorge Lockward.) Go to person page >

Translator (English): Raquel Mora Martínez

Raquel Martinez (b. January 17, 1940) is a well-known composer and arranger of Hispanic songs and hymns. She has degrees from the University of Texas at El Paso and Perkins School of Theology and the School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University. She served as editor of the official United Methodist hymnal, Mil Voces Para Celebrar (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996). --www.gbod.org/lead-your-church/hymn-studies/ Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: For grievance and injustice (Por tantas injusticias)
Title: Forgive Us, Lord (Perdón, Señor)
Author: Jorge Lockward (1995)
Translator (English): Raquel Mora Martínez (1995)
Meter: Irregular
Refrain First Line: Forgive us, Lord (Perdón, Señor)
Publication Date: 2013
Copyright: © 1996 Abingdon Press (admin. The Copyright Company)
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