Psalter. Kathisma 14
Psalm 101
Молитва убогого, когда унывает он и пред Господом изливает моление свое, 101.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to thee. Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am afflicted, incline thine ear to me: in the day when I shall call upon thee, speedily hear me. For my days have vanished like smoke, and my bones have been parched like a stick. I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread. By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bone has cleaved to my flesh. I have become like a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl in a ruined house. I have watched, and am become as a sparrow dwelling alone on a roof. All the day long mine enemies have reproached me; and they that praised me have sworn against me. For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink with weeping; because of thine anger and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and dashed me down. My days have declined like a shadow; and I am withered like grass. But thou, Lord, endurest for ever, and thy memorial to generation and generation. Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Sion: for it is time to have mercy upon her, for the set time is come. For thy servants have taken pleasure in her stones, and they shall pity her dust. So the nations shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all kings thy glory. For the Lord shall build up Sion, and shall appear in his glory. He has had regard to the prayer of the lowly, and has not despised their petition. Let this be written for another generation; and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord. For he has looked out from the height of his sanctuary; the Lord looked upon the earth from heaven; to hear the groaning of the fettered ones, to loosen the sons of the slain; to proclaim the name of the Lord in Sion, and his praise in Jerusalem; when the people are gathered together, and the kings, to serve the Lord. He answered him in the way of his strength: tell me the fewness of my days. Take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are through all generations. In the beginning thou, O Lord, didst lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands. They shall perish, but thou remainest: and they all shall wax old as a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them, and they shall be changed. But thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. The children of thy servants shall dwell securely, and their seed shall prosper for ever.
Psalm 102
Псалом Давида, 102.
Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his praises: who forgives all thy transgressions, who heals all thy diseases; who redeems thy life from corruption; who crowns thee with mercy and compassion; who satisfies thy desire with good things: so that thy youth shall be renewed like that of the eagle. The Lord executes mercy and judgment for all that are injured. He made known his ways to Moses, his will to the children of Israel. The Lord is compassionate and pitiful, long-suffering, and full of mercy. He will not be always angry; neither will he be wrathful for ever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor recompensed us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, the Lord has so increased his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. As a father pities his children, the Lord pities them that fear him. For he knows our frame: remember that we are dust. As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so shall he flourish. For the wind passes over it, and it shall not be; and it shall know its place no more. But the mercy of the Lord is from generation to generation upon them that fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children; to them that keep his covenant, and remember his commandments to do them. The Lord has prepared his throne in the heaven; and his kingdom rules over all. Bless the Lord, all ye his angels, mighty in strength, who perform his bidding, ready to hearken to the voice of his words. Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his that do his will. Bless the Lord, all his works, in every place of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to Thee, O God. (three times)
Lord, have mercy. (three times)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
| Save, O Lord, and have mercy upon: my spiritual father , my parents , my relatives, supervisors, teachers, and benefactors , and all Orthodox Christians. (bow) |
| Deliver them from every affliction, wrath, and need, (bow) |
| and from every sickness of soul and body. (bow) |
| Forgive them every transgression, voluntary and involuntary, (bow) |
| and do what is profitable for our souls. (bow) |
Now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Psalm 103
Псалом Давида, о бытии мира, 103.
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou hast clothed thyself with praise and honour: who dost robe thyself with light as with a garment; spreading out the heaven as a curtain. Who covers his chambers with waters; who makes the clouds his chariot; who walks on the wings of the wind. Who makes his angels spirits, and his ministers a flaming fire. Who establishes the earth on her sure foundation: it shall not be moved for ever. The deep, as it were a garment, is his covering: the waters shall stand on the hills. At thy rebuke they shall flee; at the voice of thy thunder they shall be alarmed. They go up to the mountains, and down to the plains, to the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass, neither shall they turn again to cover the earth. He sends forth his fountains among the valleys: the waters shall run between the mountains. They shall give drink to all the wild beasts of the field: the wild asses shall take of them to quench their thirst. By them shall the birds of the sky lodge: they shall utter a voice out of the midst of the rocks. He waters the mountains from his chambers: the earth shall be satisfied with the fruit of thy works. He makes grass to grow for the cattle, and green herb for the service of men, to bring bread out of the earth; and wine makes glad the heart of man, to make his face cheerful with oil: and bread strengthens man’s heart. The trees of the plain shall be full of sap; even the cedars of Libanus which he has planted. There the sparrows will build their nests; and the house of the heron takes the lead among them. The high mountains are a refuge for the stags, and the rock for the rabbits. He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows his going down. Thou didst make darkness, and it was night; in it all the wild beasts of the forest will be abroad: even young lions roaring for prey, and to seek meat for themselves from God. The sun arises, and they shall be gathered together, and shall lie down in their dens. Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour till evening. How great are thy works, O Lord! in wisdom hast thou wrought them all: the earth is filled with thy creation. So is this great and wide sea: there are things creeping innumerable, small animals and great. There go the ships; and this dragon whom thou hast made to play in it. All wait upon thee, to give them their food in due season. When thou hast given it them, they will gather it; and when thou hast opened thine hand, they shall all be filled with good. But when thou hast turned away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou wilt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and return to their dust. Thou shalt send forth thy Spirit, and they shall be created; and thou shalt renew the face of the earth. Let the glory of the Lord be for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works; who looks upon the earth, and makes it tremble; who touches the mountains, and they smoke. I will sing to the Lord while I live; I will sing praise to my God while I exist. Let my meditation be sweet to him: and I will rejoice in the Lord. Let the sinners fail from off the earth, and transgressors, so that they shall be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to Thee, O God. (three times)
Lord, have mercy. (three times)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
| Remember, O Lord, the souls of Thy departed servants: my parents , my relatives and benefactors , and all Orthodox Christians. (bow) |
| And forgive them every transgression, voluntary and involuntary, (bow) |
| and grant them the Kingdom of Heaven. (bow) |
Now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Psalm 104
Аллилуиа, 104.
Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen. Sing to him, yea, sing praises to him: tell forth all his wonderful works. Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice. Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened; seek his face continually. Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; ye seed of Abraam, his servants, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth. He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generation: which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and he remembered his oath to Isaac. And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant; saying To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance: when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it. And they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people. He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes: saying, Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets no harm. Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole support of bread. He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave. They hurt his feet with fetters; his soul passed into iron, until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire. The king sent and loosed him; even the prince of the people, and let him go free. He made him Lord over his house, and ruler of all his substance; to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom. Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham. And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies. And he turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants. He sent fort Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had chosen. He established among them his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham. He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they rebelled against his words. He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. Their land produced frogs abundantly, in the chambers of their kings. He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts. He turned their rain into hail, and sent flaming fire in their land. And he smote their vines and their fig trees; and broke every tree of their coast. He spoke, and the locust came, and caterpillars innumerable, and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of the ground. He smote also every first-born of their land, the first-fruits of all their labour. And he brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not a feeble one among their tribes. Egypt rejoiced at their departing; for the fear of them fell upon them. He spread out a cloud for a covering to them, and fire to give them light by night. They asked, and the quail came, and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven. He clave the rock, and the waters flowed, rivers ran in dry places. For he remembered his holy word, which he promised to Abraam his servant. And he brought out his people with exultation, and his chosen with joy; and gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labours of the people; that they might keep his ordinances, and diligently seek his law.
Glory:
After Kathisma 14:
| Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (three times) |
| Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. |
| O Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, cleanse us from our sins. Master, pardon our transgressions. Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for Thy name’s sake. |
| Lord, have mercy. (three times) |
| Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. |
| Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. |
Tropari, Voice 8:
Like the harlot, I fall down before Thee / to receive forgiveness, / and instead of myrrh I bring Thee tears from my heart, O Christ God, / that, as with her, Thou mayest have pity on me, O Savior, / and grant me cleansing from sins. / For like her I cry unto Thee: / “Draw me out of the mire of my deeds!”
Glory: Why, my soul, dost thou not think of death? / Why dost thou not at last turn unto amendment / before the trumpet that proclaims the Judgment? / Then there will be no time for repentance. / Set before thy mind the publican and the harlot, crying: / “I have sinned before Thee, / O Lord, have mercy on me!”
And now: Verily higher than the heavenly hosts / through giving birth to the Savior, / O ever-virgin Theotokos! / We, enriched through thee with communion in divinity, / unceasingly magnify thee.
Lord, have mercy. (40 times) and the prayer:
Prayer
We thank Thee, O Lord God of our salvation, for Thou doest all things for the good of our life. Thou hast granted us rest in the past season of the night and hast raised us from our beds and set us to worship Thy holy and glorious name. Therefore we pray unto Thee, O Lord: grant us grace and strength, that we may be found worthy to hymn Thee with understanding and to pray without ceasing, always looking unto Thee, the Savior and Benefactor of our souls, working out our salvation with fear and trembling. Hear us then and have mercy on us, O Merciful One. Crush beneath our feet the invisible adversaries and enemies. Receive our thanksgiving according to our strength. Grant us grace and strength for the opening of our mouths and teach us Thy statutes. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, unless Thou, O Lord, by Thy Holy Spirit, dost instruct us. And if in anything we have sinned even unto this present hour, by word or deed or thought, willingly or unwillingly, loose, remit, forgive. For if Thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? For with Thee is propitiation, with Thee is deliverance. Thou alone art holy, a mighty helper and the defender of our life, and we bless Thee unto all ages. Amen.