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 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 eies a of ſeruantes, are on the handes of their maſters, As the eies b of 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: restocked; filled full with contempt.Haue mercie on vs ô Lord, haue mercie on vs : becauſe we are c much 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 ſoule is d much 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.