Christopher Upton - The Reproaches - текст песни (слова)

O my people, what have I done unto thee?
 Or wherein have I wearied thee?
 Testify against me.
 
 ℣ Because I brought thee forth from the land of Egypt,
 thou hast prepared a cross for thy Saviour.

 
 Hagios O Theos.	 Holy God.
 Hagios ischyros.	 Holy and strong.
 Hagios athanatos, eleison ymas.	 Holy and immortal, have mercy upon us.
 
 ℣ Because I led thee through the desert forty years,
 and fed thee with manna,

 and brought thee into a land exceeding good,

 thou hast prepared a cross for thy Saviour.

 
 Hagios...
 
 ℣ What more could I have done for thee, that I have not done?
 I indeed did plant thee my vinyard, exceeding fair,

 but thou art become very bitter unto me:

 for vinegar thou gavest to quench my thirst,

 and hast pierced with a spear the side of thy Saviour.

 
 Hagios..
 
 ℣ I did scourge Egypt with her first-born for thy sake: and thou hast scourged me and delivered me up.
 After each verse, repeat "O my people."

 ℣ I led thee out of Egypt, drowning Pharoah in the Red Sea: and thou hast delivered me unto the Chief Priests.
 ℣ I opened the sea before thee: and thou hast opened my side with a spear.
 ℣ I led thee on thy way in a pillar of cloud: and thou hast led me unto the judgement hall of Pilate.
 ℣ I fed thee with Manna in the desert: and thou hast stricken me with blows and scourges.
 ℣ I gave thee to drink of the water of salvation from the rock: and thou hast given me gall and vinegar to drink.
 ℣ For thee I smote the kings of Canaan: and thou hast smitten my head with a reed.
 ℣ I gave thee a royal sceptre: and thou hast given unto my head a crown of thorns.
 ℣ I exalted thee with great power: and thou hast hanged me upon the gibbet of the Cross.