Salutation
... in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen. Through the prayers of our
holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us. Amen. Glory
to You, our God, Glory to You.
O Heavenly King: Prayer to the Holy
Ghost
O
Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, You are everywhere and fill
all things, Treasury of blessings, and Giver of life: come and abide in us, and
cleanse us from every impurity, and save our souls, O Good One.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
Oh clap your hands, all people. Shout to God with the voice of triumph: for the Lord most high [is] terrifying.
[He
is] a great King over all the earth.
He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under
our feet. He shall choose
our inheritance for us, the Excellency of Jacob whom He loved. Consider.
God is gone up with a shout,
the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
Sing praises to God, Sing
praises. Sing praises to our King, sing
praises: for God [is]
the King of all the earth, Sing praises with understanding. God reigns over the heathen. God sits on the throne of His holiness.
The princes of the people are
gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the
earth [belong] to God, He is greatly
exalted.
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The sons of Korah may be a chanting or choral group established after 586
BC. There are many indications among
their Psalms of the Temple’s destruction.
Had they written one hundred years earlier, they may well have said, He has subdued…. He has chosen,
rather than “He shall.” In this Psalm,
God is seen as bigger than Zion, bigger than Jerusalem; He is “most high”, “over
all the earth”, reigning “over the heathen”, seated on the throne of His holiness. These things indicate that the sons of
Korah have taken ownership of the Babylonian Captivity by faith and have come
to understand that something far greater lies ahead.
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