can I ask you to look at this reading (for a funeral) and tell
me what you think?  (43 Posts) fuckwittery Sun 04-Nov-12
00:16:15  It will be read in Latin, but the translation will be
printed in the funeral sheet. Can you just tell me your first
reactions please?  Have pity on me, have pity on me, O ye my
friends; For the hand of God hath touched me. Alas, alas, alas,
my God, How long wilt thou not depart from me nor let me alone
till I swallow down my spittle? Alas, alas, alas, my God,
wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Alas, alas, alas, my God, Why hast thou set me as a mark against
thee, so that I am a burden unto myself? Have pity on me, have
pity on me, O ye my friends. Ah, ah me! Too harsh the
retribution that torments me; Ah, too searing the flames that
consume me. When will you give me relief? When will you cool my
fever? You have changed, O Lord, and become cruel to me. Have
pity on me, have pity on me, O ye my friends; For the hand of
God hath touched me.  (Extract from