"Bekehre uns, vergib die Sünde" (Convert us, forgive the sin) is a Christian hymn in German with text written in 1971 by Josef Seuffert to a French melody from the 17th century. The title is the beginning of a refrain; the song has seven stanzas. [1] It is a song of penitence, used for the time of Lent and especially for penitence services. [2]
The refrain is a paraphrase of a Latin prayer for mercy, "Attende, Domine, et miserere, quia peccavimus tibi". The stanzas are based on different Biblical verses around the themes of repentance and forgiveness. [2] The song became part of the German common Catholic hymnal, Gotteslob, as GL 266. [1] It can be performed by a cantor singing the stanzas and a congregation for the refrain. [2]
"Bekehre uns, vergib die Sünde" (Convert us, forgive the sin) is a Christian hymn in German with text written in 1971 by Josef Seuffert to a French melody from the 17th century. The title is the beginning of a refrain; the song has seven stanzas. [1] It is a song of penitence, used for the time of Lent and especially for penitence services. [2]
The refrain is a paraphrase of a Latin prayer for mercy, "Attende, Domine, et miserere, quia peccavimus tibi". The stanzas are based on different Biblical verses around the themes of repentance and forgiveness. [2] The song became part of the German common Catholic hymnal, Gotteslob, as GL 266. [1] It can be performed by a cantor singing the stanzas and a congregation for the refrain. [2]