The Reproaches (Improperia)

O My People, what have I done unto thee? Or in what have I offended thee? Answer Me.
O My People, what have I done unto thee? Or in what have I offended thee? Answer Me.
Because I led thee out of the land of Egypt, thou hast prepared a cross for thy Saviour.
O Holy God
O Holy God
O holy, O mighty One
O holy, O mighty One
O holy, immortal One, have mercy on us
O holy, immortal One, have mercy on us
Because I led thee out through the desert in forty years, and fed thee with manna, and brought thee into a very good land, thou hast prepared a cross for thy Saviour.
O Holy God
O Holy God
O holy, O mighty One
O holy, O mighty One
O holy, immortal One, have mercy on us
O holy, immortal One, have mercy on us
What more should I have done, and did it not? Behold I have planted thee as My fairest vine, and thou has become very bitter unto Me, for thou hast quenched My thirst with vinegar, and with a lance has thou pierced thy Saviour’s side.
O Holy God
O Holy God
O holy, O mighty One
O holy, O mighty One
O holy, immortal One, have mercy on us
O holy, immortal One, have mercy on us
For thee did I scourge Egypt and its firstborn, and thou has given Me over to be scourged.
O My People, what have I done unto thee? Or in what have I offended thee? Answer Me.
With great power I lifted thee up, and thou hast hung Me upon the gibbet of the cross.
O My People, what have I done unto thee? Or in what have I offended thee? Answer Me.