Baruch 3:2-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² Hear, O Lord, and have mercy, for thou art a merciful God, and have pity on us: for we have sinned before thee.

³ For thou remainest for ever, and shall we perish everlastingly?

⁴ O Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, hear now the prayer of the dead of Israel, and of their children, that have sinned before thee, and have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, wherefore evils have cleaved fast to us.