Lord, my heart is not exalted, my eyes are lifted lower, I walk lower in the great, lower in the wondrous than me. Even if I did not humble myself, but I lifted up my soul, as it was given to my mother, so reward my soul. Let Israel trust in the Lord from now on and forever.
Lord, I was not exalted in my heart, I did not look boldly with my eyes; and did not encroach on the great and wondrous things that surpass my understanding. If I was not humble and my soul rebelled against You, like a child nursed by its mother sometimes rebels against her, then reward my soul for this! May Israel trust in the Lord now and forever!
Psalm 131
Song of degrees.
Song of Ascension, 131.
Remember, Lord, David and all his meekness: as I swear to the Lord, I promised Jacob to God: if I go into the village of my house, or if I go up to my bed, if I give sleep slumber is in my eyes and in my every side, and in my mind there is rest in my mind, until I have found the place of the Lord, a habitation for the God of Jacob. Behold, I heard in Euphrath, and I found in the fields of the oak grove. Let us go into His villages and bow down to the place where He stands. Rise, Lord, into Your rest, You and the ark of Your holiness. Your priests will be clothed with righteousness, and your saints will rejoice. For the sake of David, do not turn away the face of your anointed one. The Lord has sworn to David in truth, and will not deny it: I will set you on your throne of the fruit of your womb. If your sons keep My covenant, and My testimonies, which I will teach, and their sons will sit on your throne forever. Because the Lord has chosen Zion, He willed it as a dwelling place for Himself. This is My rest forever and ever, here I will dwell as I please.
I will bless his catch, I will satisfy his poor with bread, I will clothe his priests with salvation, and his saints will rejoice with joy. There I will make the horn of David grow; I will prepare a lamp for my anointed one. I will clothe his enemies with cold, and on them my sanctuary will flourish. Remember, Lord, David and all his meekness! How he swore an oath to the Lord, made a vow to the God of Jacob: “I will not go under the roof of my house and I will not lie down on my bed, I will not give sleep to my eyes, sleep to my eyelids and rest to my churches, Until I find a place for the abode of the Lord, for a dwelling place for the God of Jacob!” We heard that it was in the Euphrates, we found it in a clearing in an oak grove. Let us enter His abodes, let us worship the place where His feet stood! Arise, O Lord, and abide in Your peace, You and the ark of Your holiness! Your priests will be clothed with righteousness, and Your righteous will rejoice. For the sake of David, Your servant, do not reject Your anointed! The Lord swore to David the truth, and will not renounce it: “I will place your descendants on your throne!
If your sons keep My covenant and My revelations that I teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne forever!” For the Lord chose Zion and was pleased to make it His dwelling place. “Here is my rest forever, here I will dwell, for Zion is pleasing to Me! I will bless the table of Israel with My blessing; I will satisfy its poor with bread; I will clothe his priests with the robe of salvation, and his righteous will rejoice with great joy. There the glory of David will increase, there I will prepare a lamp for My anointed. I will clothe his enemies with shame, but he will prosper, filled with My holiness!”
Psalm 132
Song of degrees.
Song of Ascension, 132.
What is good, or what is red? But the brethren must live together. Like the ointment on the head, which descends on the brad, the brad of Aaron, descending on the waistcoats of his garment, like the dew of Aermon descending on the mountains of Zion, like the commandments of the Lord. blessing and lives forever.
How good, how blissful it is for all the brothers to live together! It was like ointment on the head, flowing down onto the beard, onto Aaron’s beard, flowing down onto the hem of his robe; Like the dew of Hermon descending on the mountains of Zion, for there the Lord promised to bestow blessing and life forever.
Psalm 133
Song of degrees.
Song of Ascent, 133.
Behold, now bless the Lord, all the servants of the Lord who stand in the church of the Lord, in the palace of the house of our God. In your nights, lift up your hands in holiness, and bless the Lord. The Lord will bless you from Zion, having created heaven and earth.
Now bless the Lord, you servants of the Lord, who stand in the church of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God! In the night lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the Lord! The Lord, who created heaven and earth, will bless you from the heights of Zion.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Slava:
According to the 18th kathisma, the Trisagion of Our Father: Also troparia, tone 2:
After kathisma 18. Trisagion according to Our Father: Troparion, tone 2:
First, do not even judge me, / My Lord, Lord, / grant me conversion, and the correction of many of my sins, / grant me spiritual tenderness, / so that I may cry out to You: / Most gracious, My loving God, save me.
Before my condemnation, / My Lord, Lord, / grant me conversion and correction of many of my sins, / grant me spiritual contrition, / so that I cry out to You: / “Merciful Lover of Mankind, / My God, save me!”
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. I became like the foolish beasts, the prodigal, and joined them: / grant me conversion, O Christ, so that I may receive great mercy from You.
Glory: Having become like foolish cattle, / I, the prodigal, became equal to them; / Grant me conversion, O Christ, / that I may receive great mercy from You.
And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Do not turn away, O Lady, Your face / from me, who prays to You, / but, like the gracious Mother of the generous God, / strive before the end to grant me conversion, / so that I may be saved by You, I will sing to You, / as my salvation and hope, unashamed, my Lady.
And now: Do not turn away, O Lady, Your face / from me, who prays to You, / but, as the merciful Mother of a compassionate God, / hasten before the end to grant me conversion, / so that I, saved by Your intercession, may glorify You, / as my reliable salvation and hope, my Lady.
Lord, have mercy (40) and prayer:
Lord, have mercy (40) and prayer:
Lord, do not reprove me with Your wrath, but punish me with Your wrath. Master Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, have mercy on me, a sinner, a beggar, a naked person, a lazy person, a careless person, a contradictory person, a wretched person, a fornicator, adulterer, malachik, sodomite, nasty, prodigal, ungrateful, unmerciful, cruel, drunkard, seared by conscience, impersonal, reckless, irresponsible, unworthy of Your love for mankind, and worthy of all torment, and Gehenna, and torment. And do not, for the sake of my many sins, inflict torment on the Redeemer; but have mercy on me, for I am weak, in soul, and in flesh, and in mind, and in thought, and through the destinies save me, Thy unworthy servant, through the prayers of the Most Pure One Our Lady, the Mother of God, and all the saints who have pleased You from time immemorial: for blessed art Thou unto the ages of ages, Amen. Lord, do not reprove me of Your wrath and do not punish me with Your wrath.
Master Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on me, a sinner, poor, naked, lazy, careless, rebellious, miserable, fornicator, adulterer, vicious, depraved, nasty, lost, ungrateful, unmerciful, cruel, with a seared conscience, ugly, having neither boldness nor justification, unworthy of Your love for mankind and worthy of all punishment, and Gehenna, and torment. And do not subject me, O Savior, to much torment because of my many such great sins, but have mercy on me, for I am weak in soul, and flesh, and mind, and thought; and in ways known to You, save me, Your unworthy servant, through the prayers of our Most Pure Lady Theotokos, and all the saints who have pleased You from time immemorial: for You are blessed forever and ever. Amen.
Kathisma 19th
Psalm 134
Alleluia.
Alleluia, 134.