O My People, what have I done unto thee?
Or in what have I offended thee?
Answer Me.
O My People, what have I done unto thee?
Or in what have I offended thee?
Answer Me.
Because I led thee out of the land of Egypt,
thou hast prepared a cross for thy Saviour.
O Holy God
O holy, O mighty One
O holy, immortal One, have mercy on us
Because I led thee out through the desert in forty years,
and fed thee with manna, and brought thee into a very good land,
thou hast prepared a cross for thy Saviour.
O Holy God
O holy, O mighty One
O holy, immortal One, have mercy on us
What more should I have done, and did it not?
Behold I have planted thee as My fairest vine,
and thou has become very bitter unto Me, for thou hast quenched My thirst with vinegar,
and with a lance has thou pierced thy Saviour’s side.
O Holy God
O holy, O mighty One
O holy, immortal One, have mercy on us
For thee did I scourge Egypt and its firstborn,
and thou has given Me over to be scourged.
O My People, what have I done unto thee?
Or in what have I offended thee?
Answer Me.
With great power I lifted thee up,
and thou hast hung Me upon the gibbet of the cross.
O My People, what have I done unto thee?
Or in what have I offended thee?
Answer Me.