Sol 5.6

  1. My God, You graciously made the good manifest,

    and concealed, O All-Forgiving, every ugly deed.

  2. My God, no ugliness equals the sin with which

    the soul of a created being defied the Majesty of Divinity.

  3. My God, the servant lives, for as long as he lives, disobedient,

    while You, my God, conceal his sin.

  4. He defies his Master through disobedience, knowing

    that You reckon both what he reveals and what he hides.

  5. My God, what a wretched soul mine is! It drives me

    toward what does not please You, utterly shameless.

  6. It plunges into error’s engulfing depths; there has arisen between it

    and You, from that error, wave upon wave.

  7. Yet You nourish it, and You clothe it

    in well-being in every condition, and in blessing.

  8. I rushed toward the forbidden until I committed it,

    while You see, O Lord, my wicked step.

  9. My God, I now confess the sin, repentantly

    returning to You; so pardon, my God, my offense.

  10. And [You have said], “Indeed, I am ever-forgiving to whoever repents”; bring me back

    to You, and do not reject my return in disappointment.

  11. My God, just as You have spread Your concealing veil wide,

    graciously grant me the erasure of my grave sins.

Sol 5.6