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 53
O God, in Thy name
save me, and in Thy strength do Thou judge me. O
God, hearken unto my prayer, give ear unto the words
of my mouth. For strangers are risen up against me,
and mighty men have sought after my soul and have
not set God before themselves. For behold, God
helpeth me, and the Lord is the protector of my
soul. He will bring evils upon mine enemies.
Utterly destroy them by Thy truth. Willingly shall
I sacrifice unto Thee; I will confess Thy name, O
Lord, for it is good. For out of every affliction
hast Thou delivered me, and mine eye hath looked
down upon mine enemies.
Psalm 54
Give ear, O God, unto
my prayer, and disdain not my supplication; attend
unto me, and hear me. I was grieved in my
meditation, and I was troubled at the voice of the
enemy and at the oppression of the sinner; Because
they have turned iniquity upon me; and with wrath
were they angry against me. My heart is troubled
within me, and the terror of death is fallen upon
me. Fear and trembling are come upon me, and
darkness hath covered me. And I said: Who will give
me wings like a dove? And I will fly, and be at
rest. Lo, I have fled afar off and have dwelt in
the wilderness. I waited for God that saveth me
from faint-heartedness and from tempest. Plunge
them into the depths, O Lord, and divide their
tongues, for I have seen iniquity and gainsaying in
the city. Day and night they go round about her
upon her walls; iniquity and toil and
unrighteousness are in the midst of her. And usury
and deceit have not departed from her streets. For
if mine enemy had reviled me, I might have endured
it. And if he that hateth me had spoken boastful
words against me, I might have hid myself from him.
But thou it was, O man of like soul with me, my
guide and my familiar friend, Thou who together
with me didst sweeten my repasts; in the house of
God I walked with thee in oneness of mind. Let
death come upon such ones, and let them go down
alive into hades. For wickedness is in their
dwellings, and in the midst of them. As for me,
unto God have I cried, and the Lord, hearkened unto
me. Evening, morning and noonday will I tell of it
and will declare it, and He will hear my voice. He
will redeem my soul in peace from them that draw
nigh unto me, for they among many were with me. God
will hear, and He will humble them, He that is
before the ages. For to them there is no requital,
because they have not feared God; He hath stretched
forth His hand in retribution. They have defiled
His covenant; they were scattered by the wrath of
His countenance, and their hearts have convened.
Their words were smoother than oil, and yet they are
darts. Cast thy care upon the Lord, and He will
nourish thee; He will never permit the righteous to
be shaken. But Thou, O God, shall bring those men
down into the pit of destruction. Bloody and
deceitful men shall not live out half their days;
but as for me, O Lord, I will hope in Thee.
Psalm 90
He that dwelleth in
the help of the Most High shall abide in the shelter
of the God of heaven. He shall say unto the Lord:
Thou art my helper and my refuge. He is my God, and
I will hope in Him. For He shall deliver thee from
the snare of the hunters and from every troubling
word. With His shoulders shall He overshadow thee,
and under His wings shalt thou have hope. With a
shield will His truth encompass thee; thou shalt not
be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow
that flieth by day. Nor for the thing that walketh
in darkness, nor for the mishap and demon of
noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten
thousands at thy right hand, but unto thee shall it
not come nigh. Only with thine eyes shalt thou
behold, and thou shalt see the reward of sinners.
For Thou, O Lord, art my hope. Thou madest the Most
High thy refuge; No evils shall come nigh unto
thee, and no scourge shall draw nigh unto thy
dwelling. For He shall give His angels charge over
thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. On their hands
shall they bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash
thy foot against a stone. Upon the asp and basilisk
shalt thou tread, and thou shalt trample upon the
lion and dragon. For he hath set his hope on Me,
and I will deliver him; I will shelter him because
he hath known my name. He shall cry unto me, and I
will hearken unto him. I am with him in affliction,
and I will rescue him and glorify him. With length
of days will I satisfy him, and I will show him My
salvation.
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:
Seeing that we have no boldness on account of our
many sins, do thou beseech Him that was born of
thee, O Virgin Theotokos for the supplication of a
mother availeth much to win the Master's favor.
Disdain not the prayers of sinners, O all-pure one,
for merciful and mighty to save is He Who deigned
also to suffer for our sake.
Let Thy compassions
quickly go before us, O Lord, for we are become
exceedingly poor. Help us, O God our Savior, for the
sake of the glory of Thy name. O Lord, deliver us
and be gracious unto our sins for Thy name's sake.
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 St. Basil the Great:
O God and Lord of Hosts, and Maker of all
Creation, Who by the tender compassion of Thy mercy
which transcendeth comprehension, didst send down
Thine only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, for
the salvation of our race, and by His precious Cross
didst tear asunder the handwriting of our sins, and
thereby didst triumph over the principalities and
powers of darkness: Do Thou Thyself, O Master, Lover
of mankind, accept also from us sinners these
prayers of thanksgiving and entreaty, and deliver us
from every destructive and dark transgression, and
from all enemies, both visible and invisible, that
seek to do us evil. Nail down our flesh with the
fear of Thee, and incline not our hearts unto words
or thoughts of evil, but pierce our souls with
longing for Thee, so that ever looking to Thee, and
being guided by Thy Light as we behold Thee, the
unapproachable and everlasting Light, we may send up
unceasing praise and thanksgiving unto Thee, the
Unoriginate Father, with Thine Only-begotten Son,
and Thine All-holy and good and life-creating
Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
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