A fervent and attentive prayer, to be delivered from captivity, or any other affliction.A feruent and attentiue prayer, to be deliuered from captiuitie, or anie other affliction.✦
A gradual Canticle. To thee have I lifted up mine eyes, which dwellest in the heavens.A gradual Canticle. To thee have I lifted up mine eyes, which dwellest in the heavens.A gradual Canticle. TO thee haue I lifted vp mine eies, which dwellest in the heauens.Canticum graduum. Ad te levavi oculos meos, qui habitas in cælis.
2Behold as the eyes of servants, are on the hands of their masters, As the eyes of the handmaid on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes to our Lord God until he have mercy on us.Behold as the eyes of servants, are on the hands of their masters, As the eyes of the handmaid on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes to our Lord God until he have mercy on us.Behold as the eies aof seruantes, are on the handes of their masters, As the eies bof the handmaide on the handes of her mistresse: so are our eies to our Lord God vntil he haue mercie on vs.Ecce sicut oculi servorum in manibus dominorum suorum ; sicut oculi ancillæ in manibus dominæ suæ : ita oculi nostri ad Dominum Deum nostrum, donec misereatur nostri.
3Have mercy on us O Lord, have mercy on us: because we are much repleti: filled full, not restocked with contempt.Have mercy on us O Lord, have mercy on us: because we are much repleti: filled full, not restocked with contempt.Haue mercie on vs ô Lord, haue mercie on vs: because we are cmuch replenished with contempt.Miserere nostri, Domine, miserere nostri, quia multum repleti sumus despectione ;
4Because our soul is much replenished: reproach to them that abound, and contempt to the proud.Because our soul is much replenished: reproach to them that abound, and contempt to the proud.Because our soule is dmuch replenished: reproch to them that abund, and contempt to the prowde.quia multum repleta est anima nostra opprobrium abundantibus, et despectio superbis.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition. Also available: Plantin Louvain (Latin).