His Supplication in Confession
His Supplication in Confession and
in Seeking Repentance toward God
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| 1 |
O God,
three traits have prevented me
from asking Thee
and one trait has urged me on:
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| 2 |
I am prevented by
a command Thou hast commanded
in
which I have been slow,
a prohibition Thou hast
prohibited
toward
which I have hurried,
and a favour through which
Thou hast favoured
for
which I have not given sufficient thanks. |
| 3 |
I am urged to ask Thee
by Thy gratuitous bounty upon
him who
turns
his face toward Thee
and
comes to Thee with a good opinion,
since all Thy beneficence is
gratuitous bounty
and
every one of Thy favours a new beginning! |
| 4 |
So here I am, my God,
standing at the gate of Thy
might,
the
standing of the lowly, the surrendered,
asking Thee in my shame,
the
asking of the destitute, the pitiful, |
| 5 |
admitting
to Thee that
at
the time of Thy beneficence I surrendered not
save
through abstaining from disobedience toward Thee
and
in none of my states was I ever without
Thy
Kindness. |
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