Confess to the Lord, and call on His name, proclaim His deeds among the nations. Sing to Him and sing to Him, tell all His wonders. Boast in His holy name, so that the hearts of those who seek the Lord may rejoice. Seek the Lord, and be strong, seek His face. Remember His wonders, even He did, His wonders, and the destinies of His mouth. The seed of Abraham is His servant, the sons of Jacob His chosen one. That Lord is our God, His destiny is throughout the whole earth. I will remember forever My covenant, my word, my commandment for a thousand generations, which I made to Abraham, and my oath to Isaac. And make it a commandment for Jacob, and an everlasting covenant for Israel, saying: I will give you the land of Canaan, which is already yours, so that they may never be a small number, the least, and a stranger in her. And it went from tongue to tongue, and from kingdom to people. Do not leave a man to offend them, and rebuke the king about them. Do not touch my anointed ones, and do not deceive my prophets. And he called a famine to the earth, and wiped out every grain grain.
She sent a man before them: Joseph was sold as a slave. His soul was humbled in chains, the iron passed through his soul, until His word came, the word of the Lord kindled him. The king sent and released him: the prince of people, and leave him. Make him master of your house, and prince of all your wealth; punish his princes for himself, and make him wise. And Israel went to Egypt, and Jacob came into the land of Ham. And your people will grow greatly, and I will strengthen you more than their enemies. Turn their hearts to hate His people, create flattery in His servants. Moses sent his servant Aaron, whom he had chosen for himself. Place in them the words of Your signs and Your wonders in the land of Ham. Send darkness and darken it, for it has made His words bitter. Turn their waters into blood and starve their fish to death. Their land will boil with frogs in the treasuries of their kings. He spoke, and the flock of flies came, and the treasures came to all their borders. Cause their hail to rain, fire to fall upon their lands, and destroy their vineyards and their fig trees, and destroy every tree of their border.
Speech, and springs and caterpillars came, countless of them. And you ate all the grass of their land, and ate all the fruit of their land. And smite every firstborn in their land, the firstfruit of all their labor, and bring them away with silver and gold, and there shall not be pain in their knees. Egypt rejoiced at their departure, for their fear had attacked them. Spread a cloud to cover them and fire to enlighten them through the night. I asked and came to the krastel, and to satisfy myself with heavenly bread, I opened the stone and flowed water, I flowed into waterless rivers, for I will remember my holy word, even to Abraham, His servant. And He brought forth His people with joy, and His chosen ones with joy. And He gave them the land of the tongue, and the labors of the people to inherit yours, so that His justifications might be preserved and His law might be sought. Glorify the Lord and call on His name, proclaim His deeds to the peoples! Sing praises to Him and sing praises to Him; tell us His wonders! Boast in His holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice! Seek the Lord and be strong, seek Him continually!
Remember the miracles He performed, His signs and the judgments of His mouth! The descendants of Abraham are His faithful servants, the sons of Jacob are His chosen ones. He is the Lord our God; He executes judgment throughout the whole earth. He forever remembers His covenant, the word that He commanded to thousands of generations, What He bequeathed to Abraham, what He swore to Isaac; And He made His oath a commandment to Jacob, and an everlasting covenant to Israel, saying: “I will give you the land of Canaan, your inheritance and inheritance!” When they were still in small numbers, in small forces, they were strangers on that land, And they moved from tribe to tribe, from one kingdom to another people, He did not give them offense to anyone and denounced the kings, their oppressors: “Touch not My anointed ones and do not do evil to My prophets!” And He called a famine upon their land; I destroyed every grain of grain. He sent a man ahead of them; Joseph was sold into slavery. The shackles squeezed his legs, the iron pierced his body. But now his interpretation came true; the word of the Lord illuminated him. The king sent servants to break his chains, the ruler of the people freed him.
He made him the ruler of his house and the ruler over all his possessions, so that Joseph would admonish the king’s nobles, as he admonished himself, and so that he would make his elders wise. And Israel entered Egypt, and Jacob settled in the land of Ham. And the Lord multiplied His people, and they became stronger than their enemies. He inclined the hearts of the Egyptians to hate His people, to commit deceit against His servants. He sent Moses His servant, Aaron His chosen one; He told them about His coming signs and wonders in the land of Ham. And He brought darkness and darkness upon the Egyptians, for they rejected His words. He turned their waters to blood and killed the fish in them. The earth boiled with their frogs, they even penetrated the treasuries of kings. He commanded, and dog flies and harmful midges flew into all their borders; Instead of rain, he sent hail and fire upon them, scorching their land; And he smote their vineyards and their fig trees, and destroyed all the trees within their borders. He commanded, and locusts and caterpillars appeared, there was no number of them; And they ate up all the grass of their land, and devoured all the fruit of their land. And He struck down all the firstborn of their land, the firstfruits of all their labors.
And He brought out His people, enriched with silver and gold; and there was no sickness in their tribes. Egypt was glad at their departure, for fear of them had come upon it. The Lord spread the cloud as a covering over them and sent fire to shine for them at night. They asked, and quails came, and He satisfied His people with the bread of heaven; He opened the stone, and waters flowed out, a waterless river flowed in the desert; For He remembered His holy word spoken to Abraham His servant. And He brought out His people in joy, His chosen ones in joy. And he gave them the lands of the pagans, and they inherited the fruits of the labor of the nations, so that they might keep His commandments and keep His law.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Slava:
According to the 14th kathisma, the Trisagion of Our Father: Also troparia, tone 8:
After kathisma 14. Trisagion according to Our Father: Troparion, tone 8:
Like a harlot I fall to Thee, that I may accept abandonment, / and instead of peace, I bring tears from my heart to Thee, O Christ God: / that forbear with her, O Savior, / and grant cleansing sins. / As I call her Ti: / deliver me from the trouble of my deeds.
Like a harlot, I prostrate myself before You, / to receive forgiveness, / and instead of peace, I bring tears from my heart to You, Christ our God, / so that, like her, You may take pity on me, O Savior, / and grant me cleansing from sins. / For, like her, I cry to You: / “Draw me out of the mire of my deeds!”
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Why don’t you think, my soul, of death? / Why don’t you turn to other things for correction, / before the trumpet sounds at the judgment? / Then there is no time for repentance. / Receive in mind the publican and the harlot calling: / I have sinned, Lord, have mercy on me.
Slava: Why don’t you, my soul, think about death? / Why don’t you finally turn to correction, / before the trumpet announcing the Judgment? / Then there will be no time for repentance. / Imagine in your mind a publican and a harlot crying out: / “I have sinned before You, / Lord, have mercy on me!”
And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. As one who truly surpasses / the Heavenly Powers through Your birth, / the Ever-Virgin Mother of God, / who has been enriched by Your Divinity, / we unceasingly magnify You.
And now: Truly surpassing the Heavenly Powers / by the birth of the Savior from You, / Ever-Virgin Mother of God! / We, having been enriched through You by communion with the Divine, / constantly magnify You.
Lord, have mercy (40) and prayer:
Lord, have mercy (40) and prayer: