Miserere

Miserere mei, Deus [Have mercy upon me, O God]

Secundum magnam misericordiam tuam [According to your great mercy]

Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum [And according to the abundance of your compassion]

Dele iniquitatem meam [Blot out my transgressions]

Amplius lava me [Wash me thoroughly]

Ab iniquitate mea [From my iniquity]

Et a peccato meo [And from my sin]

Munda me [Cleanse me]

Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco [For I acknowledge my offence]

Et peccatum meum contra me est semper [And my sin is ever before me]

Tibi soli peccavi et malum coram te feci [Against you only have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight]

Ut iustificeris in sermonibus tuis et vincas [That you may be justified in your sentence and vindicated]

Cum iudicaris [When you judge]

Ecce enim in iniquitatibus conceptus sum [Behold, in guilt was I conceived]

Et in peccatis concepit me mater mea [And in sin did my mother conceive me]

Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti [Behold, you delight in sincerity of heart]

Incerta et occulta sapientiae tuae manifestasti mihi [And in my inmost being you teach me wisdom]

Asperges me hyssopo et mundabor [Cleanse me with hyssop and I shall be purified]

Lavabis me et super nivem dealbabor [Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow]

Auditui meo dabis gaudium et laetitiam [Let me hear the sounds of joy and gladness]

Et exsultabunt ossa humiliata [And the bones which you have crushed shall rejoice]

Averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis [Avert your face from my sins]

Et omnes iniquitates meas dele [And blot out all my iniquity]

Cor mundum crea in me, Deus [Create in me a clean heart, O God]

Et spiritum rectum innova in visceribus meis [And renew in my flesh a righteous spirit]

Ne proiicias me a facie tua [Cast me not out from your presence]

Et spiritum sanctum tuum ne auferas a me [And take not your holy spirit from me]

Redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui [Give me the joy of your salvation]

Et spiritu principali confirma me [And sustain me in a willing spirit]

Docebo iniquos vias tuas [I shall teach transgressors your ways]

Et impii ad te convertentur [And sinners shall return to you]

Libera me de sanguinibus, Deus [Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God]

Deus salutis meae [God of my salvation]

Et exsultabit lingua mea iustitiam tuam [And my tongue shall exalt your justice]

Domine, labia mea aperies [O Lord, open my lips]

Et os meum annuntiabit laudem tuam [And my mouth shall proclaim your praise]

Quoniam si voluisses sacrificium [For if you wanted a sacrifice]

Dedissem utique [Then I would give it to you]

Holocaustis non delectaberis [Neither do you delight in burnt offerings]

Sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus [The sacrifice to God is a contrite heart]

Cor contritum et humiliatum, Deus, non despicies [A broken and sorrowful heart, O God, you will not despise]

Benigne fac, Domine, in bona voluntate tua Sion [Be favourable, Lord, and gracious unto Zion]

Ut aedificentur muri Jerusalem [So that the walls of Jerusalem may be built]

Tunc acceptabis sacrificium iustitiae, oblationes [Then will you accept the sacrifice of righteousness, oblations]

Et holocausta [And burnt offerings]

Tunc imponent [Then they shall offer]

Super altare tuum vitulos [Young bulls upon your altar]