[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.
O good shepherd, who laid down your soul for us, / aware of the hidden things I have done, / the only good one, save me with my erring mind, / and snatch me from the wolf, Lamb of God, / and have mercy on me.
I am burdened with the sleep of despondency, / I am darkened by the delusion of sin: / but grant me the morning of repentance, / enlightening the eyes of my mind, O Christ God, / enlightenment of my soul, and save me.
We weave the darkness of sin and the sweets of life / the mind of my damned soul, it gives birth to various passions, / and the thought of tenderness does not come to me. / But be generous, O Savior, with my humility, / and give me a thought of compunction, / so that we may save before the end, I will cry out to Your compassion: / Lord Christ my Savior, / save me, desperate and unworthy.
Just as I fell into the hands of robbers and am vulnerable, / so I also fell into many sins, / and my soul is vulnerable. / To whom shall I resort when I am guilty: / only to You, the merciful Physician of souls: / pour out upon me, O God, Your great mercy.
Glory: Like the prodigal son, I came and am generous: / receive me, Father, when I return, / as one of your hired servants, O God, and have mercy on me.
And now, the Mother of God: Deliver, O Mother of God, from the sins that hold us back: / for the imams have no other hope of faith except You, / and the Lord born of You.
Also: Lord, have mercy, 40.
And 50 bows, with the prayer: God, be merciful to me, and forgive me, the prodigal, for Your Holy Name.
The packs were cursed by their minds and evil customs, working in sin. Paki, the prince of darkness and passionate sweets, the parent, has created me captivated, and like a humble slave, he forces me to work with desire and carnal desire. And what will I do, my Lord, and the Deliverer and Intercessor of those who trust in You, if not to You I will return and groan and ask for mercy for what I have done; but I am afraid and trembling, but not always confessing, and promising to retreat from the evil ones, and sinning every hour: and not having rendered my prayer to You, my God, I will raise Your long-suffering to indignation. And whoever endures Your wrath, O Lord; Knowing the multitude of Your bounties, and the abyss of Your love for mankind, I again turn myself to Your mercy, and I cry to You: forgive those who have sinned. Have mercy on me, fallen, give me a helping hand, immersed in the mud of sweets.
Do not, Lord, leave Your creation to be corrupted by my iniquities and my sins, but by Your usual mercy and goodness we compel you, deliver from feces and bodily filth and passionate thoughts that always defile my accursed soul: behold, Lord, as you see, there is no clean place in it, but all leprosy, and the whole body is engulfed in ulcers. Therefore, O Lover of Mankind, physician of souls and bodies, and the source of mercy, cleanse that flow of my tears, pouring them out on me abundantly: pour out Your love for mankind on me, and give me healing and cleansing, and heal my contrition, and do not turn Your face away from me, so that not like a thing, the fire of despair will embrace me, but like Thou hast declared, O true God, that there is great joy in heaven for one sinner who repents, do this also on me, a sinner, and do not close the ear of Thy mercy in the prayer of my repentance, but open them, and like a censer, set it right before Thee: weigh the weakness of nature, the Creator, and make it convenient for the creep of youth, and the heaviness of the body, and you despise sins and accept repentance from those who call upon You in truth.
For Your most honorable and magnificent name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, is blessed and glorified, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Most merciful, incorruptible, undefiled, sinless Lord, cleanse me, Thy unworthy servant, from all filthiness of the flesh and soul, and from my inattention and despondency the uncleanness that has come to me, along with my iniquities, and show me undefiled, O Master, for the goodness of Thy Christ, and sanctify me by invasion Your Most Holy Spirit: so that, having awakened from the darkness of the unclean ghosts of the devil, and all kinds of filth, I may be deemed worthy with a clear conscience to open my unclean and unclean lips, and sing Thy all-holy name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Lord our God, who have sinned in these days in word, deed and thought, as He is Good and Lover of Mankind, forgive me. Grant me a peaceful and serene sleep. Send Your guardian angel, covering and keeping me from all evil, for You are the guardian of our souls and bodies, and we send glory to You, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Lord, do not deprive me of Your heavenly blessings.
Lord, save me from eternal torment.
Lord, whether I have sinned in mind or in thought, in word or in deed, forgive me.
Lord, deliver me from all ignorance and oblivion, and cowardice, and petrified insensibility.
Lord, deliver me from every temptation.
Lord, enlighten my heart, darken my evil lust.
Lord, as a man who has sinned, You, as a generous God, have mercy on me, seeing the weakness of my soul.
Lord, send Your grace to help me, that I may glorify Your holy name.
Lord Jesus Christ, write me Your servant in the book of animals and grant me a good end.
Lord, my God, even if I have done nothing good before You, grant me, by Your grace, to make a good beginning.
Lord, sprinkle the dew of Your grace in my heart.
Lord of heaven and earth, remember me, Thy sinful servant, cold and unclean, in Thy Kingdom. Amen.
Lord, accept me in repentance.
Lord, don't leave me.
Lord, do not lead me into misfortune.
Lord, give me a good thought.
Lord, give me tears and mortal memory, and tenderness.
Lord, give me the thought of confessing my sins.
Lord, give me humility, chastity and obedience.
Lord, give me patience, generosity and meekness.
Lord, plant in me the root of good things, Thy fear in my heart.
Lord, grant me to love You with all my soul and thoughts and to do Your will in everything.
Lord, protect me from certain people, and demons, and passions, and from all other inappropriate things.
Lord, consider that you do as you will, that your will be done in me, a sinner, for blessed are you forever. Amen.
My Most Holy Lady Theotokos, with Your saints and all-powerful prayers, take away from me, Your humble and accursed servant, despondency, oblivion, unreason, negligence, and all the nasty, evil and blasphemous thoughts from my accursed heart and from my darkened mind; and extinguish the flame of my passions, for I am poor and damned. And deliver me from many and cruel memories and enterprises, and free me from all evil actions. For Thou art blessed from all generations, and glorified is Thy most honorable name forever and ever. Amen.
Also: The most honorable Cherub and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption, the real Mother of God we magnify Thee.
Glory, and now: Lord, have mercy, three times. God bless.
Lord Jesus Christ, our God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother and all the saints, save me, a sinner.
(this prayer is read by priests)
Lord our God, the only Good and Lover of mankind, the only Holy One and rest on the saints, who was revealed to Thy supreme Apostle Peter by vision, nothing foul or unclean to be crushed, from You created for food and for the enjoyment of man, and Your chosen vessel, the Apostle Paul commanded all things pure and pure: You Yourself, the Most Holy Master, by the terrible invocation and in Your most pure name, and with the sign of the Honest and Life-giving Cross, bless and cleanse me, Your servant (name), defiled from every hostile spirit, from every dream and poisonous vile thing, from all lawlessness and from all flattery, from all indulgence and from all vanity, and from all illness, and all sorts of illnesses, and from every nasty crime of the devil. And now, unworthy of me, Thy servant (name), grant me, through Thy mercy, to serve Thy most pure Mysteries. And first cleanse my soul and body from all filth, and forsake every sin, voluntary and involuntary, that I have sinned all the days of my life, in deed, word and thought, in days and in nights, and until this hour.
And grant me, Lord, this terrible service of the heavenly Orders, and the communion of Your most pure Mysteries, not for judgment or condemnation, but for the forgiveness of sins, and the coming of the Holy Spirit, and the life of ever-present joy, which You have prepared for Your true minister. Save me, Lord Almighty, from all sin and malice, keep me undefiled and blameless from all leprosy of the opposite devil, and grant me, Lord, to serve You in honor and righteousness until the last day and hour and my death.
For You are the One who blesses and sanctifies everything, O Christ our God, and to You we send up glory with Your Beginning Father and with Your Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.