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'''Published:''' 1778
'''Published:''' 1778


'''Description:''' Published in ''The Singing-Master's Assistant'', 1778, pp. 26-27. Words adapted by Billings from Psalm 39.
'''Description:''' Published in ''The Singing-Master's Assistant'', 1778, pp. 26-27. Words adapted by Billings from [[Psalm 39]].


'''External websites:'''  
'''External websites:'''  

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General Information

Title: Hear my prayer, O Lord, my God
Composer: William Billings

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredAnthem

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1778

Description: Published in The Singing-Master's Assistant, 1778, pp. 26-27. Words adapted by Billings from Psalm 39.

External websites:

Original text and translations

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Hear my prayer, O Lord, my God,
Consider my calling.
Hold not Thy peace at my tears.
For I am a stranger with Thee,
And a sojourner as all my fathers were.
O spare me a little while,
That I may recover my strength,
Before I go hence and be no more seen.