His Supplication in Confession His Supplication in Confession and in Seeking Repentance toward God 1 O God,           three traits have prevented me from asking Thee           and one trait has urged me on: 2 I am prevented by           a command Thou hast commanded                     in which I have been slow,           a prohibition Thou hast prohibited                     toward which I have hurried,           and a favour through which Thou hast favoured                     for which I have not given sufficient thanks. 3 I am urged to ask Thee           by Thy gratuitous bounty upon him who                     turns his face toward Thee                     and comes to Thee with a good opinion,           since all Thy beneficence is gratuitous bounty                     and every one of Thy favours a new beginning! 4 So here I am, my God,           standing at the gate of Thy might,                     the standing of the lowly, the surrendered,           asking Thee in my shame,                     the asking of the destitute, the pitiful, 5           admitting to Thee that                     at the time of Thy beneficence I surrendered not                               save through abstaining from disobedience toward Thee                     and in none of my states was I ever without                               Thy Kindness.