Lyrics of Miserere - Michael Nyman

Miserere (original)

Miserere mei, Deus: secundum magnam misericordiam tuam.
Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, dele iniquitatem meam.
Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea: et a peccato meo munda me.
Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco: et peccatum meum contra me est semper.
Tibi soli peccavi, et malum coram te feci: ut iustificeris in sermonibus tuis,
et vincas cum iudicaris.
Ecce enim in inquitatibus conceptus sum: et in peccatis concepit me mater mea.
Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti: incerta et occulta sapientiae tuae manifestasti
mihi.
Asperges me, hyssopo, et mundabor: lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.
Auditui meo dabis gaudium et laetitiam: et exsultabunt ossa humiliata.
Averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis: et omnes iniquitates meas dele.
Cor mundum crea in me, Deus: et spiritum rectum innova in visceribus meis.
Ne proiicias me a facie tua: et spiritum sanctum tuum ne auferas a me.
Redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui: et spiritu principali confirma me.
Docebo iniquos vias tuas: et impii ad te convertentur.
Libera me de sanguinibus, Deus, Deus salutis meae: et exsultabit lingua mea
iustitiam tuam.
Domine, labia mea aperies: et os meum annuntiabit laudem tuam.
Quoniam si voluisses sacrificium, dedissem utique: holocaustis non delectaberis.
Sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus: cor contritum, et humiliatum, Deus,
non despicies.
Benigne fac, Domine, in bona voluntate tua Sion: ut aedificentur muri Ierusalem.
Tunc acceptabis sacrificium iustitiae, oblationes, et holocausta:
tunc imponent super altare tuum vitulos.

(translation)

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your great mercy.
And according to the greatness of your compassion, blot out my iniquity.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my iniquity: and my sin is always against me.
I have sinned against you alone, and I have done evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your sayings
and you will wink when you are judged.
For, lo, I was conceived in sins, and in sins my mother conceived me.
For behold you have loved the truth: you have revealed the uncertain and hidden things of your wisdom
to me.
You shall sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: you shall wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness; and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
Create a clean heart in me, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from your face, and do not take away your holy spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and strengthen me with a strong spirit.
I will teach the unjust your ways, and the wicked will be converted to yourselves.
Deliver me from the blood, O God, God of my salvation
your righteousness
Lord, you will open my lips and he will declare your praise to me.
For if you had desired sacrifice, I would have given it: you will not be delighted with burnt-offerings.
Sacrifice to God a broken spirit: a broken and a humbled heart, O God,
don't look down.
Deal favorably, O Lord, with your good will in Sion: that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
Then you will accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and burnt offerings.
then they will lay calves on your altar.