The prayer of a just man in tribulation, with confidence and gratitude towards God.The prayer of a iuſt man in tribulation, with confidence and gratitude towards God.✦
Alleluia. I have loved, because our Lord will hear the voice of my prayer.Allelu ia. I a haue loued, becauſe our Lord b wil heare the voice of my prayer.Alleluja. Dilexi, quoniam exaudiet Dominus vocem orationis meæ.
2Because he hath inclined his ear to me: and in my days I will invocabo: call upon.Becauſe he hath inclined his eare to me : and c in my daies I wil inuocate.Quia inclinavit aurem suam mihi, et in diebus meis invocabo.
3The sorrows of death have circumdederunt: measured with a compass; encompassed, surrounded me: and the perils of hell have found me. I have found tribulation and sorrow:The ſorowes d of death haue compaſſed me : and e the perils of hel haue found me. f I haue found tribulation and ſorow :Circumdederunt me dolores mortis ; et pericula inferni invenerunt me. Tribulationem et dolorem inveni,
4and I invocated the name of our Lord. O Lord deliver my soul:and I g inuocated the name of our Lord. O Lord deliuer my ſoule :et nomen Domini invocavi : o Domine, libera animam meam.
5our Lord is merciful, and just, and our God doth mercy.our Lord is merciful, and iuſt, and our God doth mercie.Misericors Dominus et justus, et Deus noster miseretur.
6Our Lord keepeth little ones: I was humbled, and he hath delivered me.Our Lord kepeth litle ones : h I was humbled, and he hath deliuered me.Custodiens parvulos Dominus ; humiliatus sum, et liberavit me.
7Turn O my soul into thy rest: because our Lord hath done good to thee.Turne ô my ſoule into thy reſt : becauſe our Lord hath done good to thee.Convertere, anima mea, in requiem tuam, quia Dominus benefecit tibi :
8Because he hath delivered my soul from death: mine eyes from tears, my feet from sliding.Becauſe he hath deliuered my ſoule from death : mine eies from teares, my feete from ſliding.quia eripuit animam meam de morte, oculos meos a lacrimis, pedes meos a lapsu.
9I will please our Lord in the country of the living.I i wil pleaſe our Lord in the countrie of the liuing.Placebo Domino in regione vivorum.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.