hast commanded us. But do not give us up utterly, O
God of our Fathers.
of the oxen slipped, Uzzah only touched it and experienced
the wrath of God. But avoid, my soul, his presumption and
truly reverence divine things.
You know his accursed deeds and how he insulted the bed
of his father David. But you have imitated his passionate and
pleasure-loving cravings.
for you have found in satan another Ahitophel and have
consented to his counsels. But Christ Himself scattered
them, that you may at all events be saved.
one time did evil in God's sight and fell away from Him. And
you, my soul, have resembled him by your accursed life.
himself. Alas, the lover of wisdom is a lover of loose women
and estranged from God! And you, my soul, have in mind
imitated him by your shameful pleasures.