Motif

Miserere mei, Deus: secundum magnam misericordiam tuam.
Pity me, O God, according to your great mercy

Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, dēlē iniquitatem meam.
And according to your great compassion, remove my iniquities

Amplius lavā me ab iniquitate mea: et a peccato meo mundā me.
Wash me from my iniquities: and cleanse me from my sins

Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognōscō: et peccatum meum contra me est semper.
Because I know of my iniquities: and my sin is always against me.

Tibi soli peccāvī, et malum coram te fēcī: ut iustificeris in sermonibus tuis, et vincās cum iudicaris.
I have made the mistake to you alone, and I have openly done evil by you: so that you justify in your sermons, and you overcome when you judge.

Ecce enim in inquitatibus conceptus sum: et in peccatis concepit me mater mea.
Behold indeed I have been conceived in iniquities: and in sinfulness my mother conceived me

Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti: incerta et occulta sapientiae tuae manifestasti mihi.
Behold indeed I have esteemed the truth: you have revealed to me the uncertain and secret things of wisdom.