— Liber Hymnarius

2. Bowed down, let us all pray
   and let us each cry out,
   let us plead before the judge,
   let us bend vengeful wrath:
   
   
3. By our evils, O God, we have offended
   your clemency;
   remitter of sins, pour forth from above
   your indulgence upon us.
   
   
4. Remember that we are yours,
   formed by you, although fallen;
   nor, we pray, might you give
   the honor of your name to another.
   
   
5. Mitigate the evil we have done,
   increase the good we have desired,
   by which we might at length please you
   now and always.
   
   
6. Grant, blessed Trinity,
   concede, simple Unity,
   that these rewards of moderation
   might be fruitful to your children. Amen.

— Hymnbook of Solesmes Abbey