Eternal God and King of every creature, who has made me worthy even at this hour, forgive me the sins I have committed this day in deed, word and thought; and cleanse, Lord, my humble soul from all filthiness of flesh and spirit. And grant me, Lord, to pass through this dream in peace at night, so that, having risen from my humble bed, I may please Your most holy name all the days of my life, and will trample the fleshly and incorporeal enemies that fight me. Deliver me, Lord, from vain thoughts that defile me, and from evil lusts. For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Even at this hour, to reach this hour - to live up to this hour (to reach this hour - to achieve). Even I created - which I created (made). Humble - here: pathetic, worthless (take care of yourself from the terrible danger of false humility and proud recognition of yourself as humble!). To pass this dream in the night - to sleep through this night, to “go through the race” of this night’s sleep. From my humble bed (in some prayer books: from my humble bed) - from my pitiful, meager bed (humble often means: “low, vile” even just in the physical sense). Popper - I will overcome, I will trample. The lusts of the evil ones are evil desires.
+ And deliver me, O Lord, from vain thoughts that defile me, and from evil lusts. These words of prayer are peculiarly echoed by other words from the teachings of St. Macarius on prayer: “The true basis of prayer is this: to be attentive to thoughts and to pray in great silence and peace. A person praying needs to direct all his efforts to his thoughts and cut off what serves as food for evil thoughts, and direct his thoughts towards God and not fulfill the desires of his thoughts, but gather the whirling thoughts from everywhere together, distinguishing natural thoughts from evil ones. The soul under sin is likened to a large forest on a mountain or reeds on a river, or some kind of thorns and trees more often, therefore those who intend to pass through this place must stretch out their hands forward and with effort and difficulty push apart the branches in front of them. Likewise, the soul is surrounded by a whole forest of thoughts inspired by a resistive force, which is why great diligence and attentiveness of the mind are required in order for a person to distinguish between alien thoughts inspired by a resistive force.”