Kathisma 17

Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

First Stasis

Psalm 118

¹ Alleluia.

¹ Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

² Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart.

³ For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways.

⁴ Thou hast commanded us diligently to keep thy precepts.

⁵ O that my ways were directed to keep thine ordinances.

⁶ Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments.

⁷ I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learnt the judgments of thy righteousness.

⁸ I will keep thine ordinances: O forsake me not greatly.

⁹ Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping thy words.

¹⁰ With my whole heart have I diligently sought thee: cast me not away from thy commandments.

¹¹ I have hidden thine oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

¹² Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thine ordinances.

¹³ With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

¹⁴ I have delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

¹⁵ I will meditate on thy commandments, and consider thy ways.

¹⁶ I will meditate on thine ordinances: I will not forget thy words.

¹⁷ Render a recompence to thy servant: so shall I live, and keep thy words.

¹⁸ Unveil thou mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things out of thy law.

¹⁹ I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

²⁰ My soul has longed exceedingly for thy judgments at all times.

²¹ Thou hast rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from thy commandments.

²² Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out thy testimonies.

²³ For princes sat and spoke against me: but thy servant was meditating on thine ordinances.

²⁴ For thy testimonies are my meditation, and thine ordinances are my counsellors.

²⁵ My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken thou me according to thy word.

²⁶ I declared my ways, and thou didst hear me; teach me thine ordinances.

²⁷ Instruct me in the way of thine ordinances; and I will meditate on thy wondrous works.

²⁸ My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen thou me with thy words.

²⁹ Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by thy law.

³⁰ I have chosen the way of truth; and have not forgotten thy judgments.

³¹ I have cleaved to thy testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame.

³² I ran the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.

³³ Teach me, O Lord, the way of thine ordinances, and I will seek it out continually.

³⁴ Instruct me, and I will search out thy law, and will keep it with my whole heart.

³⁵ Guide me in the path of thy commandments; for I have delighted in it.

³⁶ Incline mine heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

³⁷ Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken thou me in thy way.

³⁸ Confirm thine oracle to thy servant, that he may fear thee.

³⁹ Take away my reproach which I have feared: for thy judgments are good.

⁴⁰ Behold, I have desired thy commandments: quicken me in thy righteousness.

⁴¹ And let thy mercy come upon me, O Lord; even thy salvation, according to thy word.

⁴² And so I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in thy words.

⁴³ And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.

⁴⁴ So shall I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever.

⁴⁵ I walked also at large: for I sought out thy commandments.

⁴⁶ And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed.

⁴⁷ And I meditated on thy commandments, which I loved exceedingly.

⁴⁸ And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments which I loved; and I meditated in thine ordinances.

⁴⁹ Remember thy words to thy servant, wherein thou hast made me hope.

⁵⁰ This has comforted me in mine affliction: for thine oracle has quickened me.

⁵¹ The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from thy law.

⁵² I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and was comforted.

⁵³ Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake thy law.

⁵⁴ Thine ordinances were my songs in the place of my sojourning.

⁵⁵ I remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and kept thy law.

⁵⁶ This I had, because I diligently sought thine ordinances.

⁵⁷ Thou art my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep thy law.

⁵⁸ I besought thy favour with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to thy word.

⁵⁹ I thought on thy ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies.

⁶⁰ I prepared myself, (and was not terrified,) to keep thy commandments.

⁶¹ The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not thy law.

⁶² At midnight I arose, to give thanks to thee for the judgments of thy righteousness.

⁶³ I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy commandments.

⁶⁴ O Lord, the earth is full of thy mercy: teach me thine ordinances.

⁶⁵ Thou hast wrought kindly with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.

⁶⁶ Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept thy word.

⁶⁸ Good art thou, O Lord; therefore in thy goodness teach me thine ordinances.

⁶⁹ The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: but I will search out thy commandments with all my heart.

⁷⁰ Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on thy law.

⁷¹ It is good for me that thou hast afflicted me; that I might learn thine ordinances.

⁷² The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia: Glory to Thee, O God.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia: Glory to Thee, O God.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia: Glory to Thee, O God.

Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Second Stasis

⁷³ Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me: instruct me, that I may learn thy commandments.

⁷⁴ They that fear thee will see me and rejoice: for I have hoped in thy words.

⁷⁵ I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are righteousness, and that thou in truthfulness hast afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant.

⁷⁷ Let thy compassions come to me, that I may live: for thy law is my meditation.

⁷⁸ Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in thy commandments.

⁷⁹ Let those that fear thee, and those that know thy testimonies, turn to me.

⁸⁰ Let mine heart be blameless in thine ordinances, that I may not be ashamed.

⁸¹ My soul faints for thy salvation: I have hoped in thy words.

⁸² Mine eyes failed in waiting for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

⁸³ For I am become as a bottle in the frost: yet I have not forgotten thine ordinances.

⁸⁴ How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment for me on them that persecute me?

⁸⁵ Transgressors told me idle tales; but not according to thy law, O Lord.

⁸⁶ All thy commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help thou me.

⁸⁷ They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not thy commandments.

⁸⁸ Quicken me according to thy mercy; so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.

⁸⁹ Thy word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever.

⁹⁰ Thy truth endures to all generations; thou hast founded the earth, and it abides.

⁹¹ The day continues by thy arrangement; for all things are thy servants.

⁹² Were it not that thy law is my meditation, then I should have perished in mine affliction.

⁹³ I will never forget thine ordinances; for with them thou hast quickened me.

⁹⁴ I am thine, save me; for I have sought out thine ordinances.

⁹⁵ Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; but I understood thy testimonies.

⁹⁶ I have seen an end of all perfection; but thy commandment is very broad.

⁹⁷ How I have loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.

⁹⁸ Thou hast made me wiser than mine enemies in thy commandment; for it is mine for ever.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged; because I have sought out thy commandments.

¹⁰¹ I have kept back my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy words.

¹⁰² I have not declined from thy judgments; for thou hast instructed me.

¹⁰³ How sweet are thine oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ I gain understanding by thy commandments: therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness.

¹⁰⁵ Thy law is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn and determined to keep the judgments of thy righteousness.

¹⁰⁷ I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord: quicken me, according to thy word.

¹⁰⁸ Accept, I pray thee, O Lord, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.

¹⁰⁹ My soul is continually in thine hands; and I have not forgotten thy law.

¹¹⁰ Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from thy commandments.

¹¹¹ I have inherited thy testimonies for ever; for they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform thine ordinances for ever, in return for thy mercies.

¹¹³ I have hated transgressors; but I have loved thy law.

¹¹⁴ Thou art my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in thy words.

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, ye evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to thy word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation.

¹¹⁷ Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in thine ordinances continually.

¹¹⁸ Thou hast brought to nought all that depart from thine ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous.

¹¹⁹ I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved thy testimonies.

¹²⁰ Penetrate my flesh with thy fear; for I am afraid of thy judgments.

¹²¹ I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me.

¹²² Receive thy servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely.

¹²³ Mine eyes have failed for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

¹²⁴ Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, and teach me thine ordinances.

¹²⁵ I am thy servant; instruct me, and I shall know thy testimonies.

¹²⁶ It is time for the Lord to work: they have utterly broken thy law.

¹²⁷ Therefore have I loved thy commandments more than gold, or the topaz.

¹²⁸ Therefore I directed myself according to all thy commandments: I have hated every unjust way.

¹²⁹ Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out.

¹³⁰ The manifestation of thy words will enlighten, and instruct the simple.

¹³¹ I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I earnestly longed after thy commandments.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia: Glory to Thee, O God.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia: Glory to Thee, O God.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia: Glory to Thee, O God.

Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Third Stasis