Reader: O come,
let us worship God our King.
O
come, let us worship and fall down before Christ our
King and God.
O
come, let us worship and fall down before Christ
Himself, our
King and God.
Psalm 5
Unto my words give
ear, O Lord, hear my cry. Attend unto the voice of
my supplication, O my King and my God; for unto Thee
will I pray, O Lord. In the morning shalt Thou hear
my voice. In the morning shall I stand before Thee,
and Thou shalt look upon me; for not a God that
wiliest iniquity art Thou. He that worketh evil
shall not dwell near Thee nor shall transgressors
abide before Thine eyes. Thou hast hated all them
that work iniquity; Thou shalt destroy all them that
speak a lie. A man that is bloody and deceitful
shall the Lord abhor. But as for me, in the
multitude of Thy mercy shall I go into Thy house; I
shall worship toward Thy holy temple in fear of
Thee. O Lord, guide me in the way of Thy
righteousness; because of mine enemies, make
straight my way before Thee, For in their mouth
there is no truth; their heart is vain. Their throat
is an open sepulcher, with their tongues have they
spoken deceitfully; judge them, O God. Let them
fall down on account of their own devisings;
according to the multitude of their ungodliness,
cast them out, for they have embittered Thee, O
Lord. And let all them be glad that hope in Thee;
they shall rejoice, and Thou shalt dwell among them.
And all shall glory in Thee that love Thy name, for
Thou shalt bless the righteous. O Lord, as with a
shield of Thy good pleasure hast Thou crowned us.
Psalm
89
Lord, Thou hast been
our refuge in generation and generation. Before the
mountains came to be and the earth was formed and
the world, even from everlasting to everlasting art
Thou. Turn not man away unto lowliness; yea, Thou
hast said: Turn back ye sons of men. For a thousand
years in Thine eyes, O Lord, are but as yesterday
that is past, and as a watch in the night. Things of
no account shall their years be; in the morning like
grass shall man pass away. In the morning shall he
bloom and pass away. In the evening shall he fall
and grow withered and dry. For we have fainted away
in Thy wrath, and in Thine anger have we been
troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities before us;
our lifespan is in the light of Thy countenance.
For all our days are faded away, and in Thy wrath
are we fainted away; our years have, like a spider,
spun out their tale. As for the days of our years,
in their span, they be threescore years and ten.
And if we be in strength, mayhap fourscore years;
and what is more than these is toil and travail.
For mildness is come upon us, and we shall be
chastened. Who knoweth the might of Thy wrath? And
out of fear of Thee, who can recount Thine anger?
So make Thy right hand known to me, and to them that
in their heart are instructed in wisdom. Return, O
Lord; how long? And be Thou entreated concerning Thy
servants. We were filled in the morning with Thy
mercy, O Lord, and we rejoiced and were glad. In
all our days, let us be glad for the days wherein
Thou didst humble us, for the years wherein we saw
evils. And look upon Thy servants, and upon Thy
works, and do Thou guide their sons. And let the
brightness of the Lord our God be upon us, and the
works of our hands do Thou guide aright upon us,
yea, the works of our hands do Thou guide aright.
Psalm 100
Of mercy and judgment
will I sing to Thee, O Lord; I will chant and have
understanding in a blameless path. When wilt Thou
come unto me? I have walked in the innocence of my
heart in the midst of my house. I have no unlawful
thing before mine eyes; the workers of
transgressions I have hated. A crooked heart hath
not cleaved unto me; as for the wicked man who
turned from me, I knew him not. Him that privily
talked against his neighbor did I drive away from
me. With him whose eye was proud and his heart
insatiate, I did not eat. Mine eyes were upon the
faithful of the land, that they might sit with me;
the man that walked in the blameless path, he
ministered unto me. The proud doer dwelt not in the
midst of my house; the speaker of unjust things
prospered not before mine eyes. In the morning I
slew all the sinners of the land, utterly to destroy
out of the city of the Lord all them that work
iniquity.
Glory to the Father
and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, both now and
ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia,
alleluia. Glory to Thee, O God. Thrice.
Lord, have mercy.
Thrice.
If there be two
troparia, we say the first one here. If not, we
continue:
Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit. And we say the second
troparion, if any, or the only troparion. Then:
Both now and ever, and
unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Theotokion: What shall we call
thee, O thou who art full of grace? Heaven, for from
thee hast dawned forth the Sun of Righteousness.
Paradise, for from thee bath blossomed forth the
flower of immortality. Virgin, for thou hast
remained incorrupt. Pure Mother, for thou hast held
in thy holy embrace the Son, the God of all. Do thou
entreat Him to save our souls.
My steps do Thou
direct according to thy saying, and let no iniquity
have dominion over me. Deliver me from the false
accusations of men, and I will keep Thy
commandments. Make Thy face to shine upon Thy
servant, and teach me Thy statutes.
Let my mouth be filled
with Thy praise, that I may hymn Thy glory and Thy
majesty all the day long.
Holy
God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.
(Thrice)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of
ages. Amen.
O
Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Lord, blot
out our sins. O Master, pardon our iniquities. O
Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for Thy
name's sake.
Lord
have mercy. (Thrice)
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy
Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of
ages. Amen.
Our
Father, Who art in the Heavens, hallowed be Thy
Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth
as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our
debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from the evil one.
Senior Reader: O
Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us.
Reader: Amen.
And we read the appointed Kontakion. If there be
two kontakia, we read the one that was chanted after
the 3rd Ode of the canons at Matins.
Then:
Lord, have mercy. Forty times. And the
Prayer of the Hours:
Thou Who at all times
and at every hour, in heaven and on earth, art
worshipped and glorified, O Christ God, Who art
long-suffering, plenteous in mercy, most
compassionate, Who lovest the righteous and hast
mercy on sinners; Who callest all men to salvation
through the promise of good things to come: Receive,
O Lord, our prayers at this hour, and guide our life
toward Thy commandments. Sanctify our souls, make
chaste our bodies, correct our thoughts, purify our
intentions, and deliver us from every sorrow, evil,
and pain. Compass us about with Thy holy angels,
that, guarded and guided by their array, we may
attain to the unity of the faith and to the
knowledge of Thine unapproachable glory: For blessed
art Thou unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Lord, have mercy.
Thrice.
Glory to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and
ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
More honorable than
the cherubim and beyond compare more glorious than
the seraphim; who without corruption gavest birth to
God the Word, the very Theotokos, thee do we
magnify.
Senior Reader: Through the prayers of our
holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, have
mercy on us.
Reader: Amen. Then the Prayer of
the First Hour:
Reader: O Christ, the True Light, Who
enlightenest and sanctifiest every man that cometh
into the world: Let the Light of Thy countenance be
signed upon us, that in it we may see the
Unapproachable Light, and guide our steps in the
doing of Thy commandments, through the intercessions
of Thy most pure Mother, and of all Thy saints.
Amen.
Choir: Tone 8:
To Thee, the Champion Leader, we Thy
servants dedicate a feast of victory and of
thanksgiving as ones rescued out of sufferings, O
Theotokos: but as Thou art one with might which is
invincible, from all dangers that can be do Thou
deliver us, that we may cry to Thee: Rejoice, Thou
Bride Unwedded!
Glory to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both
now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Lord, have
mercy. Thrice.
O
Lord, bless.
Senior Reader (Facing the
East, rather than facing the people):
If it be
Sunday: Thou that didst rise from the dead,
O Lord Jesus Christ…
If not:
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, for the sake of the
prayers of Thy most pure Mother, our holy and
God-bearing fathers, and all the saints, have mercy
on us and save us, for Thou art good and the Lover
of mankind.
Choir: Amen. Lord, have mercy.
Thrice
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