He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. {abide: Heb. lodge}
I will say of the LORD, {He is} my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, {and} from the noisome pestilence.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth {shall be thy} shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; {nor} for the arrow {that} flieth by day;
{Nor} for the pestilence {that} walketh in darkness; {nor} for the destruction {that} wasteth at noonday.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; {but} it shall not come nigh thee.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Because thou hast made the LORD, {which is} my refuge, {even} the most High, thy habitation;
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
They shall bear thee up in {their} hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. {adder: or, asp}
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I {will be} with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. {long...: Heb. length of days}
With the depth of wisdom, humanely build everything and give it to everyone that is useful, O Lord, rest rest to the One Creator, the souls of Your servant, who have placed their trust in You, Creator and Maker and our God.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Theotokos: To you the wall, the shelter of the imam, and the prayer book are favored by God, Whom you gave birth to, O Blessed Mother of God, the salvation of the faithful.
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin {is} ever before me.
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done {this} evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, {and} be clear when thou judgest.
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. {conceive...: Heb. warm me}
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden {part} thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; {that} the bones {which} thou hast broken may rejoice.
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. {right: or, constant}
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me {with thy} free spirit.
{Then} will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: {and} my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. {bloodguiltiness: Heb. bloods}
O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give {it}: thou delightest not in burnt offering. {else...: or, that I should}
The sacrifices of God {are} a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
Irmos: Your victorious right hand is gloriously glorified in the fortress: she, Immortal, like the omnipotent enemy, has erased the path of the depths for the Israelites.
Chorus: God is marvelous in His saints, the God of Israel.
The gates of death and faith, with your death you crushed the immortal, open the gates, O Lord, more than the mind of the immortality of the departed, through the prayers of your passion-bearer.
Chorus: Rest, O Lord, the souls of your departed servants.
May we be worthy of the Divine life, you descended to death, the same treasures you poured out, you brought us out from there; Now, O Life-Giver, the departed have their rest.
Glory: You have received my corruptible and lifeless things, you have clothed them in incorruption, and you have exalted them to endless life and blessedness, even as you were generous, whom you received, rest.
And now: Who gave birth to the Word of God from God, let us sing to the faithful: For the All-Pure path of life has become for the dead, Even as the Receiver of God and the Mother of God, we will glorify.
Irmos: He alone knows the infirmity of the human being, and mercifully, without imagining it, girded me with strength from on high, even crying out to You, Holy One: animated by the church of Your ineffable glory, O Lover of mankind.
Chorus: God is marvelous in His saints, the God of Israel.
For the One who is good, for the One who is abundantly merciful, who departed piously towards You, rest in the heavenly villages, where there is indescribable joy and pleasure, and where the martyrdom rejoices.
Chorus: Rest, O Lord, the souls of your departed servants.
You alone appeared on earth, my Savior, sinless, who takes away the sins of the world as you are merciful; Those who have departed from this world by faith, rest their souls in the courts of Thy saints, in the sweetness of paradise, O Lover of mankind.
Glory: You have overthrown the power of death, you have poured out an endless belly for all the faithful, O Lord; Do this to those who have departed piously, despising immeasurable sins and forgiving their sins, O Lover of mankind.
And now: Without seed was conceived, Pure, the ever-present Word, who came to us carnally, and destroyed the fortress of death, and bestowed resurrection and eternal life on the dead with His mercy.
Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Truly all is vanity, but life is shadow and sleepiness, for every earthly being is troubled in vain, as the Scripture says: When we have received peace, then we will dwell in the tomb, where the king and the beggar are together. Moreover, O Christ God, having reposed, rest in peace, as a Lover of mankind.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Theotokos: All-Holy Mother of God, during my life, do not abandon me, do not entrust me to human intercession, but intercede and have mercy on me.
Irmos: Habakkuk, the perspicacious Habakkuk, saw the mountain overshadowed by the grace of God and proclaimed Israel to come from You to the Holy One for our salvation and renewal.
Chorus: God is marvelous in His saints, the God of Israel.
Having killed hell by Your invincible power, You were imputed among the dead, the only freedom, Christ, the souls of the freedom of the pious, and even in it the condemnation, the holy martyr with the prayers.
Chorus: Rest, O Lord, the souls of your departed servants.
He who is the Lord of all, who is the opposite of your slaughter from Adam, has given deliverance and price; We also pray to Your bounty, repose, granting remission of sins.
Glory: You have accepted, my Savior, even in the grave; and even in the graves the condemned dead lived, like God, you raised them up. Now the ever-present likeness of life has ceased, as there is One Lover of Mankind.
And now: The human race is saved by Thy Nativity: for Thou hast given birth to us a hypostatic Life, the consumption of death and the rise to life, the most immaculate Lady of the Theotokos.
Irmos: Enlightened by the radiance of Your coming, O Christ, and illuminated by Your Cross the ends of the world, enlighten the hearts with the light of Your divine understanding, those who sing Thee Orthodoxy.
Chorus: God is marvelous in His saints, the God of Israel.
Heal the mortal from hell, death is accepted, and you have dulled the sting of death; but give rest unto whom thou hast received, O life-giver, martyr through prayers.
Chorus: Rest, O Lord, the souls of your departed servants.
O free men, mortification and corruption, the souls of those faithfully reposed in the courts of Thy saints, from where all sorrow will flee, and joy will reign.
Glory: Paradise for those who were hanged with You, as You opened, now receive souls, Master, who have come to You by faith, grant them the firstborn to be established in the Church.
And now: Having redeemed the hopes of those who have in You, quietly guide them to the refuge of the Divine will, By Your maternal boldness towards Your Son, O blessed All-Immaculate One.
Irmos: The last abyss has passed us by, there is no deliverer, we are counted as sheep of the slaughter, save Thy people, our God: for Thou art the strength of the weak and the correction.
Chorus: God is marvelous in His saints, the God of Israel.
As you are merciful, grant forgiveness of sins to those who have passed away, and grant eternal pleasure, where Your grace shines and illuminates Your passion-bearers.
Chorus: Rest, O Lord, the souls of your departed servants.
Even though the blood that flowed from Your side Thou didst redeem the world, having fallen by faith, O Christ, deliver by Thy honest Passion, for Thou hast given Thee a price for all.
Chorus: Rest, O Lord, the souls of your departed servants.
Having created me with most pure hands first, and bestowed the spirit, and having fallen to the earth, evil, again renewing me most redly, now rest the souls of those who have passed away.
Glory: To Thy luminous palace, O Lord, grant to indwell those who have fallen asleep in faith in Thee, despising their sins, for they are good and merciful and abundantly merciful.
And now: We sing to You, Blessed Pure One, Who for our sake rose up, who exist in darkness and the shadow of death, to be the never-setting Sun of truth, for You were the intercessor for our salvation.
Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
With the saints, rest your souls, O Christ, where there is no sickness, no sorrow, no sighing, but endless life.
Thou art the One Immortal One, who created and created man; We were created from the earth, and we will go to the earth, as You commanded, Who created me and gave me: for You are the earth and you will go back to the earth, and even all men will go, creating a funeral lamentation song: Hallelujah, Hallelujah, hallelujah.
Irmos: For You, intelligent Mother of God, let us consider the cave of the faithful: as the three youths saved, the Exalted One, renew the world, in Your womb is wholly whole, God of praise of the fathers, and glorified.
Chorus: God is marvelous in His saints, the God of Israel.
May the radiance of Your most pure glory be illuminated, O Christ, from the storm of the world to those who have departed to You, and grant them worthy as martyrs to cry out to You: praised Father God, blessed art thou.
Chorus: Rest, O Lord, the souls of your departed servants.
Adam was truly new, Adam's Creator, Who alone took Adam's oath. We also pray to You: those who have passed away may rest in the sweetness of paradise, O Christ, for He alone is merciful.
Glory: Even though our natural infirmity is the only one who knows, as God, good and merciful, all of whom you have put an end to, even where the unfathomable light comes upon your face, did, O Christ, the praised of the Fathers, God, and is glorified.
And now: the law of the canopy, and your ancient fortune-telling surpassed the Nativity of the Mother of God, for you have shone the Light of Divine grace upon us; Let us free ourselves from debts of the ancients, Pure One, praising the glorified God.
Irmos: In the cave, the children of Israel, as if in the crucible of the kindness of piety, sparkled more pure than gold, saying: Bless all the works of the Lord, sing to the Lord and exalt to all ages.
Chorus: God is marvelous in His saints, the God of Israel.
Having washed away all the defilement of Your departed servants, Your love for mankind has been washed away with the dew, Let us sing of Your grace with songs: Bless all the works of the Lord, the Lord, sing and exalt Him to all ages.
Chorus: Rest, O Lord, the souls of your departed servants.
Primates, Savior, right hands, having justified by faith the passion-bearer with prayers, even the faithful ones who have passed away, show them singing: bless, all the works of the Lord, the Lord, sing and exalt Him to all ages.
Glory: Even through death and life you have all power, even through the faith of those who have fallen asleep, Your radiance is favored, crying: Bless all the works of the Lord, praise the Lord and exalt Him forever.
And now: You were the intercessor of salvation for us, the All-Immaculate One, and throughout the unfading centuries of your presence and lordship; To you, pure Virgin, we bless all your deeds and extol you forever.
Irmos: The image of Your pure Nativity is a burning bush of display, unburnt; and now we pray to extinguish the furious misfortunes upon us, and we unceasingly magnify Thee, Mother of God.
Chorus: God is marvelous in His saints, the God of Israel.
For God, who loves mankind and is merciful, have mercy on Your creation and rest in the villages of Your saints, where all the martyrs rejoice, having been delivered from the temporary by faith, O Great Merciful One.
Chorus: Rest, O Lord, the souls of your departed servants.
You have an abyss of mercy that overcomes the sins of Your servants, whom, welcome, chosen, rest in the depths of Abrahamlich, O Lover of mankind, and with Lazarus, brought into Your light.
Glory: Having been the Deliverer and Savior of the human race, for the sake of the crucifixion, even now you have left us, as the Benefactor, to grant Divine pleasures, and an imperishable life, and joy and lightness.
And now: Oh, even more than the mind are Your wonders! You, Virgin, are the only one who has given everyone under the sun to understand the newest miracle, Most Pure One, of Your Nativity to the perplexed; Moreover, we all magnify You.
It is worthy to eat as you truly bless Thee, the Mother of God, the Ever-Blessed and Most Immaculate and the Mother of our God. We magnify You, the most honorable Cherub and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption. (Bow)
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Thrice)
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake.
Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
From the spirits of the righteous who have passed away, give rest to the souls of Your servant, O Savior, preserving them in a more blessed life, even with You, O Lover of Mankind.
In Thy chamber, Lord, where all Thy saints rest, rest the souls of Thy servant, for Thou art the only Lover of mankind.
Glory: Thou art God, Who descended into hell and loosed the bonds of the bound, Who Himself and Thy servant give rest to the souls.
And now: One pure and immaculate Virgin, who gave birth to God without a seed, pray for their souls to be saved.
Lord, have mercy. (40 times)
Remember, O Lord our God, in faith and hope the lives of the eternally departed Thy servants (names), and as Good and Lover of mankind, forgiving sins, and consuming untruths, weaken, forsake, and forgive all their sins, voluntary and involuntary, restoring me to the holy second coming Thine in the communion of Thy eternal blessings, for the sake of Thy One who believes, the true God and Lover of mankind; For Thou art the resurrection and the life and the rest of Thy servant (names), Christ our God, and to Thee we ascribe glory, with Thy Beginning Father, and with the Most Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages, amen.
The most honorable Cherub and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, without the corruption of God the Word, who gave birth to the real Mother of God, we magnify You.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, through the prayers of Your Most Pure Mother, our reverend and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy and rest the souls of Your servants (names) and all Orthodox Christians forever and ever, for You are Good and Lover of Mankind, amen.
To the departed servant of God, to our fathers and brothers and to all Orthodox Christians, we make remembrance of them, eternal memory. (Thrice)
We read the troparion three times with bows: Rest, Lord, to the souls of your departed servants (bow), and as much as men have sinned in this life, You, as the Lover of Mankind, forgive them and have mercy (bow), deliver eternal torment (bow), give the participants of the Heavenly Kingdom (bow), and do something useful to our souls (bow).