Penitential Psalms
(These lamentations seem frequently to be incoherent. A few specimens are taken from the same work as the preceding.1)
O my Lord! my sins are many, my trespasses are great; and the wrath of the gods has plagued me with disease and with sickness and sorrow.
I fainted: but no one stretched forth his hand!
I groaned: but no one drew nigh!
I cried aloud: but no one heard!
O Lord! do not abandon thy servant!
In the waters of the great storm, seize his hand!
The sins which he has committed, turn thou to righteousness!
Notes
1 “Trans. Soc. Bib. Arch.,” vol. ii. p. 60.