Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?
Longe a salute mea verba delictorum meorum
Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.
Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?
Deus meus clamabo per diem et non exaudies et nocte et non ad insipientiam mihi
O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me.
Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?
Tu autem in sancto habitas Laus Israhel
But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel.
Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?
In te speraverunt patres nostri speraverunt et liberasti eos
In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.
Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?
Ad te clamaverunt et salvi facti sunt in te speraverunt et non sunt confusi
They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?
Ego autem sum vermis et non homo obprobrium hominum et abiectio plebis
But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.
Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?
Omnes videntes me deriserunt me locuti sunt labiis moverunt caput
All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head.
Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?
Speravit in Domino eripiat eum salvum faciat eum quoniam vult eum
He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.
Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?
Ipso vero consideraverunt, et conspexerunt me:
In truth, consider and observe me,
Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?
Diviserunt sibi vestimenta mea et super vestem meam miserunt sortem
They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?
Libera me de ore leonis et a cornibus unicornium humilitatem meam
Save me from the lion's mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.
Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?
Qui timetis Dominum laudate eum universum semen Iacob magnificate eum
Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him.
Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?
Annuntiabitur Domino generatio ventura et annuntiabunt caeli iustitiam eius.
There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: and the heavens shall shew forth his justice
Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?
populo qui nascetur quem fecit Dominus
a people that shall be born, which the Lord hath made.
Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?
* Recorded Sept. 2004 M. Hettinger Bernheim Forest, Kentucky
A Watchmaker Press chant page
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