{Now lettest thou} (
un apolueis). Present active
indicative, {Thou art letting}. The _Nunc Dimittis_, adoration
and praise. It is full of rapture and vivid intensity (Plummer)
like the best of the Psalms. The verb apolu(935c) was common for the
manumission of slaves and Simeon here calls himself "thy slave
(doulon sou), Lord (Despota, our despot)." See  2Pe 2:1 .