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.
A Psalm [or] Song for the Sabbath day.
[It
is] good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing
praises to Your name, Most High, to show forth Your lovingkindness in the
morning, and Your faithfulness every night, on an instrument of ten strings,
and on the psaltery; on the harp with a solemn sound: for You, Lord, have made me glad through Your work. I will triumph in the works of Your hands.
Lord, how great are Your works! Your
thoughts are very deep. A brutish man knows
not; Nor understands a fool. When the
wicked sprout like grass. When all the
workers of iniquity flourish: so that they shall be destroyed forever. But You, Lord, [are most] high forever: for, lo, Your
enemies, Lord, for, lo, Your enemies shall perish. All the workers of iniquity shall be
scattered.
But my horn shall You exalt like [the horn of] a unicorn. I shall be Christened with fresh oil. My eye also shall see [my desire] on my enemies. My
ears shall hear [my desire] on the wicked,
who rise up against me.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm
tree. He shall grow like a cedar in
Lebanon. Those who are planted in the
house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age.
They shall be fat and flourishing: to show
that the Lord [is] upright. [He is]
my rock, and [there is] no
unrighteousness in Him.
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[1] In
the poetry of Scripture, kingdoms are often described as animals; the kings of
those kingdoms as horns. Perhaps, there
are two reasons for this: 1. the horns are lifted up or exalted as a king is
exalted; 2. the horns are used to fight, and one of a king's jobs is to fight
for his people. A unicorn is a kingdom
with only one horn. This Psalm is
prophetic, and in this case, the king being exalted is Jesus; His kingdom is
The Church. Jesus is the One Who brings
the Sabbath, or Rest, of and from God the Father. This is considered to be a Psalm of the
Incarnation.
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