R. O my people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against me.

V. Because I brought thee forth from the land of Egypt: thou hast prepared a Cross for thy Saviour.

R. Hagios O Theos. Holy God. Hagios ischyros. Holy, Mighty. Hagios athanatos, eleison hymas. Holy and Immortal, have mercy upon us.

V. Because I led thee through the desert forty years, and fed thee with manna, and brought thee into a land exceeding good: thou hast prepared a Cross for thy Saviour.

R. Hagios O Theos. Holy God. Hagios ischyros. Holy, Mighty. Hagios athanatos, eleison hymas. Holy and Immortal, have mercy upon us.

V. What more could I have done for thee that I have not done? I indeed did plant thee, O my vineyard, with exceeding fair fruit: and thou art become very bitter unto me: for vinegar, mingled with gall, thou gavest me when thirsty: and hast pierced with a spear the side of thy Saviour.

R. Hagios O Theos. Holy God. Hagios ischyros. Holy, Mighty. Hagios athanatos, eleison hymas. Holy and Immortal, have mercy upon us.

V. I did scourge Egypt with her first-born for thy sake: and thou hast scourged me and delivered me up.

R. O my people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against me.

V. I led thee forth out of Egypt, drowning Pharaoh in the Red Sea: and thou hast delivered me up unto the chief priests.

R. O my people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against me.

V. I did open the sea before thee: and thou hast opened my side with a spear.

R. O my people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against me.

V. I did go before thee in the pillar of cloud: and thou hast led me unto the judgment hall of Pilate.

R. O my people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against me.

V. I did feed thee with manna in the desert: and thou hast stricken me with blows and scourges.

R. O my people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against me.

V. I did give thee to drink the water of life from the rock: and thou hast given me to drink but gall and vinegar.

R. O my people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against me.

V. I did smite the kings of the Canaanites for thy sake: and thou hast smitten my head with a reed.

R. O my people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against me.

V. I did give thee a royal scepter: and thou hast given unto my head a crown of thorns.

R. O my people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against me.

V. I did raise thee on high with great power: and thou hast hanged me upon the gibbet of the Cross.

R. O my people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against me.