Draft:Bekehre uns, vergib die Sünde

"Bekehre uns, vergib die Sünde" (Convert us, forgive the sin) is a Christian hymn in German 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. It is a song of penitence, used for the time of Lent and especially for penitence services.

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. The song became part of the German common Catholic hymnal, Gotteslob, as GL 266. It can be performed by a cantor singing the stanzas and a congregation for the refrain.