... 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,
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.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy
Immortal, have mercy on us (three times).
Glory be to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it is now, was in the
beginning, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
A Song of Ascent.
I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from where
my help comes.
My help [comes]
from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer your foot to be moved. He Who keeps you will not slumber.
Behold, He Who keeps Israel shall neither
slumber nor sleep.
The Lord [is] your keeper. The Lord [is] your shade on your right hand.
The sun shall not smite you by day, nor the
moon by night.
The Lord shall
preserve you from all evil. He shall
preserve your soul.
The Lord shall
preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forever.[2]
[1] This
beautiful antiphonal Psalm joyously anticipates the coming of Jesus Christ to
save His people. We have emphasized the separation
of calls from responses by indentation.
The singers see the king commanding His power of creation from
the hilltops. He is sleepless in His
protection of His nation, the true Israel of God. As with the Shekinah for Moses and
the people in the wilderness, He is their light by night and their shade by
day. He will come to protect and
preserve them eternally. In the heavenly
city there will be no night (Revelation 22:5).
We may visualize groups of singers singing these lines back
and forth between them: as they make the climb from Jericho to Jerusalem; as
they mount the steps of the second temple; as they congregate for worship. Every church should have two choirs, so they
can duplicate this joyous throng.
[2] If you have been blessed or helped by any of these meditations in
Psalms, please repost, share, or use any of them as you wish.
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