The Jews, or other people in tribulation for sin, or temporal captivity, cry to God to be delivered: 4. trusting, and encouraging each other in God's accustomed mercy, assuredly hoping that he will redeem and deliver them.The Iewes, or other people in tribulation for sinne, or temporal captiuitie, crie to God to be deliuered: 4. trusting, and encoreging ech other in Gods accustomed mercie, assuredly hoping that he wil redeme & deliuer them.✦

A gradual Canticle.A gradual Canticle.A gradual Canticle.Canticum graduum. De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine ;

2From the depths I have cried to thee O Lord: Lord hear my voice: Let thine ears be , to the voice of my petition.From the depths I have cried to thee O Lord: Lord hear my voice: Let thine ears be , to the voice of my petition.FROM ^athe depthes I haue cried to thee ô Lord: Lord heare my voice: Let thine eares be intent, to the voice of my petition.Domine, exaudi vocem meam. Fiant aures tuæ intendentes in vocem deprecationis meæ.

1609 margina This prayer agreeth to all true penitents, crying to God for help, being either in depth of sorrow for sin, and so it is one of the Penitential Psalms; or the depth of fervent desire to ascend towards perfection in virtue, and from this vale of misery into heaven, and so it is a Gradual Psalm; or in the depth of temporal pains, and so it is a special prayer for souls in Purgatory, offered by the Church in their behalf.a This prayer agreeth to al true penitents, crying to God for helpe, being either in depth of sorovv for sinne, and so it is one of the Penitential Psalmes. or the depth of feruent desire to ascend towards perfection in vertue, and from this vaile of miserie into heauen. and so it is a Gradual Psalme. or in the depth of temporal paines, and so it is a special prayer for soules in Purgatorie, offered by the Church in their behalfe.

3If thou shalt observe iniquities O Lord: Lord who shall it?If thou shalt observe iniquities O Lord: Lord who shall it?If thou shalt obserue iniquities ô Lord: Lord ^bwho shal susteyne it?Si iniquitates observaveris, Domine, Domine, quis sustinebit ?

4Because with thee there is propitiation: and for thy law I have thee O Lord.Because with thee there is propitiation: and for thy law I have thee O Lord.Because with thee there is ^cpropiciation: and for ^dthy law I haue expected thee ô Lord.Quia apud te propitiatio est ; et propter legem tuam sustinui te, Domine. Sustinuit anima mea in verbo ejus :

5My soul expected in his word: my soul hoped in our Lord.My soul hath expected in his word: my soul hath hoped in our Lord.My soule hath expected in his word: my soule hath hoped in our Lord.speravit anima mea in Domino.

6From the morning watch even until night: let Israel hope in our Lord.From the morning watch even until night: let Israel hope in our Lord.From ^ethe morning watch euen vntil night: let Israel hope in our Lord.A custodia matutina usque ad noctem, speret Israël in Domino.

7Because with our Lord there is mercy: and with him plenteous redemption.Because with our Lord there is mercy: and with him plenteous redemption.Because with our Lord there is mercie: and with him ^fplenteous redemption.Quia apud Dominum misericordia, et copiosa apud eum redemptio.

8And he shall redeem Israel, from all his iniquities.And he shall redeem Israel, from all his iniquities.And he shal redeme ^gIsrael, from al his iniquities.Et ipse redimet Israël ex omnibus iniquitatibus ejus.

The reading text follows the 1582 first edition. Also available: Plantin Louvain (Latin).

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