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.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 a the 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 obſerue iniquities ô Lord: Lord b who 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 c propiciation: and for d thy 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 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 e the 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 mercie: and with him f plenteous redemption.Quia apud Dominum misericordia, et copiosa apud eum redemptio.

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

The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.

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