From Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio, Elijah. This song asks us to look within our souls to find God's forgiveness. It acts as a quick introduction to the following track.
lyrics
Ye people rend your hearts,
Rend your hearts and not your garments
For your transgressions
Even as Elijah hath sealed the heavens
Through the word of God.
I therefore say to ye,
Forsake your idols.
Return to God for he is slow to anger
And merciful and kind and gracious
And repenteth Him of the evil.
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