Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble - Parce mihi domine

Spare me, Lord, for my days are as nothing.
What is Man, that you should make so much of us?
Or why should you set your heart upon us?

You visit us at dawn,
and put us to the test at any moment.

Will you not spare me and let me be,
while I swallow my saliva?

If I have sinned, how have I hurt you,
O guardian of mankind?

Why have you set me up as your target,
so that I am now a burden to myself?

Why do you not forgive my sin
and why do you not take away my guilt?

Behold, I shall now lie down in the dust:
if you come looking for me I shall have ceased to exist.