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 on Sheminith, A Psalm of David.
Help, Lord: for the
godly man ceases. The faithful fail from
among the children of men.
They speak vanity every one
with his neighbor. With flattering lips [and] a double heart, they speak.
The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaks proud things: who have said, “With our
tongue will we prevail. Our lips [are] our own. Who [is]
lord over us?”
For the oppression of the
poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the Lord. I will set [him] in safety [from him who] puffs at him. The words of the Lord [are] pure words, silver
tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. You shall keep them, Lord, You shall preserve them from this generation forever.
The wicked walk on every side,
when the vilest men are exalted.
[i] Wicked
political administrations are nothing new.
David contended with many of them: the Philistines, Saul, men in his own
service, even a son. David sees himself
as a poor man: poor, but godly and faithful.
David knows that he and his throne only exist and are purified because
God keeps them. Even so, our lives and
successes only exist and are purified because God keeps them. The wicked are still with us.
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