Morales - Parce Mihi Domine from Officium Defunctorum, Monteverdi Choir
Parce mihi, Domine
Parce mihi, Domine, nihil enim sunt dies mei.
Quid est homo, quia magnificas eum? Aut quid apponis erga eum cor tuum?
Visitas eum diluculo et subito probas illum.
Usquequo non parcis mihi, nec dimittis me, ut glutiam salivam meam?
Peccavi, quid faciam tibi, o custos hominum? Quare posuisti me contrarium tibi, et factus sum mihimet issi gravis?
Cur non tolles peccatum meum, et quare non auferes iniquitatem meam? Ecce, nunc in pulvere dormiam, et si mane me quaesieris, non subsistam.
Spare me, Lord
Spare me, Lord; for my days are vanity.
What is man, that Thou shouldst magnify him? and that Thou shouldst set thine heart upon him?
And that Thou shouldst visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
How long wilt Thou not spare me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
I have sinned; what shall I do unto Thee, O Thou preserver of men? why hast Thou set me as a mark against Thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
And why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and Thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
(Job 7:16-21)