1A canticle of a psalm for the sons…
2O Lord, the God of my salvation: I…
3Let my prayer come in before thee: incline…
4For my soul is filled with evils: and…
5I am counted among them that go down…
6Free among the dead. Like the slain sleeping…
7They have laid me in the lower pit:…
8Thy wrath is strong over me: and all…
9Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from…
10My eyes languished through poverty. All the day…
11Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? or…
12Shall any one in the sepulchre declare thy…
13Shall thy wonders be known in the dark;…
14But I, O Lord, have cried to thee:…
15Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why…
16I am poor, and in labours from my…
17Thy wrath hath come upon me: and thy…
18They have come round about me like water…
19Friend and neighbour thou hast put far from…
