Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us; Perplexed by any answer, we offer this prayer to You as the Master of sin: have mercy on us.
Slava:
Lord, have mercy on us, for we trust in You; Do not be angry with us, remember our iniquities, but look upon us now as if you are gracious, and deliver us from our enemies; For Thou art our God, and we are Thy people; all works are done by Thy hand, and we call on Thy name.
And now:
Open the doors of mercy for us, Blessed Mother of God, so that we who trust in You may not perish, but may be delivered from troubles by You: for You are the salvation of the Christian race.
They are perplexed by any answer - without finding any justification for themselves (perplexed - not knowing what to do, being unskillful; the word answer here is a translation of the Greek word “defense”), “justification” - cf. Russian: “to call to account”).
We trusted in You - because we relied on You (so in the Greek text of the prayer; hope is the form of the 1st person plural of the past tense - aorist - the verb to trust; the Church Slavonic version means: we trusted in You). Zelo - strong. Below - and not. He is kind - because You are merciful. We - us. All the works of Thy hand - we are all the creations of Thy hands (a dash would shine through this expression: following the Greek original, a linking verb was omitted in the Slavic translation, in full form it would sound: all are the works of Thy hand; by Thy hand - the form of the gen. case of the dual number).
By You - meaning: through You.
These troparia are the creation of St. John of Damascus.
Lord, have mercy. (12 times)