Text of prayer Psalm 39
In Church Slavonic with accents
1 At the end of the psalm to David
2 Be patient, endure the Lord, and listen to me, and hear my prayer.
3 And you will lift me up from the fury of passions and from the pit of the tooth, and set my foot on a stone, and correct my steps,
4 And put a new song in my mouth, a song to our God: many will see and be afraid, and trust in the Lord.
5 Blessed is man, for in him is the name of the Lord his hope, and he does not look upon false conceit and foolishness.
6 You have done many things, O Lord my God, your wonders, and in your thoughts there is no one like you: exalted and verbal, multiplying more in number.
7 You did not like the sacrifices and offerings, but you fulfilled my body, a burnt offering, and you did not seek the sin of sin.
8 Then reh: here I come, in the chapter of the book there is an inscription about me:
9 And I do Thy will, O my God, I rejoice, and Thy law is in the midst of my belly.
10 Good news of righteousness in the great church, I cannot restrain from my lips: Lord, you understand.
11 Your righteousness is not hidden in my heart, your righteousness and your salvation are not hidden, your mercy and your righteousness are not hidden from the multitude.
12 But You, O Lord, do not take Your reward from me; I will accept your mercy and your righteousness and come into me.
13 Like the wicked, who took possession of me, and without number my iniquity came upon me, and who could not mature, died more than the strength of my head and heart allowed me to remain.
14 Grace, O Lord, help me: O Lord, with my help.
15 Let them be ashamed and ashamed along with those who seek my soul to take them, let them return and be ashamed of the wicked.
16 Let those who glorify Me endure the patience of their wonder: blessed, blessed.
17 Let all those who seek you rejoice and rejoice in you, O Lord, and let me accept the reward: exalted be the Lord who loves your salvation.
18 But I am poor, and I am God; The Lord will take care of me. My help and my protector, you, my God, do not stagnate.
In Russian
39:1-4 To the head of the choir. Psalm of David. 2 I trusted firmly in the Lord, and He bowed down to me and heard my cry; 3 He brought me out of the terrible pit, out of the miry swamp, and set my feet on a rock and established my steps; 4 And he put a new song in my mouth—praise to our God. Many will see and fear and will trust in the Lord.1 For performance. Psalm of David.
2 I trusted firmly in the Lord, and he bowed down to me and heard my cry;
3 He brought me out of the terrible ditch, out of the muddy mire, and set my feet on the rock, and saved my steps;
4 And he put a new song in my mouth: Praise be to our God: many will see and fear and trust in the Lord.
5 Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and does not turn to the proud or to those who turn away from lies.
6 You have done many wonders, O Lord my God, and in your plans no one can compare with You! I announced and said: “They have multiplied!”
7 Sacrifices and offerings which you did not desire; You have opened my ears; You did not ask for burnt offerings or sin sacrifices.
8 Then I said, Behold, I come; in the scroll with me it is written:
9 I want to do the will, my God, and your law is in my heart.
10 I have proclaimed your righteousness in a great assembly; I could not restrain my lips: You, Lord, know.
11 I did not hide your righteousness in my heart, I proclaimed your faithfulness and your salvation, I did not hide your mercy and your truth from the great assembly.
12 Do not, O Lord, cast away Your mercy from me; Your mercy and your truth constantly protect me,
13 For countless evils have surrounded me; My iniquities have reached me so that I cannot see: they are more numerous than the hairs on my head that my heart has left me.
14 He is pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; God! hurry to help me.
15 Shame and shame on all those who seek to destroy my soul! Let those who want to harm me be rejected and abandoned to their fate!
16 Those who say to me are horrified by their shame: “Well! OK!”
17 Let those who seek you rejoice and rejoice in you, and let everyone who loves your salvation say continually: “Great is the Lord!”
18 But I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes care of me. You are my helper and savior, my God! don't slow down.
In just two lines there is a big story about how David trusted in the Lord in his suffering, then he felt relief, as if he had emerged from a shaky quagmire onto solid ground under his feet, then he realized that it was not he who had emerged from the quagmire, but God, finally , helped him get out, then - the birth of a song of praise to the Lord due to deliverance from suffering.
Such transformations sometimes happen to us too: it twists to the point of impossibility, well, at least you have to lay down in the ground, otherwise it disappears from under your feet, we pray to God just to withstand it, we don’t ask for anything else, and then - once! and it’s unclear where the relief comes from, even if nothing has changed externally for the better - inside it somehow feels strangely lighter, again the ground is felt under your feet and - either the way out is clearly visible, or it is clearly clear that you will also have to live with this problem. But, most importantly, this understanding becomes very CLEAR. And somehow it doesn’t bother me anymore. Why? Because God inside helped to rebuild, not otherwise.
39:5 Blessed is the man who puts his trust in the Lord and does not turn to the proud or to those who turn aside to lies.
That is why the person who seeks consolation in God and surrenders all his experiences to God is always blessed, instead of seeking support from a neighbor or boss: even if they help for a ruble, then they will ask for a thousand. And those who don’t understand this will continue to suffer through life with problems among their neighbors. And he who trusts in the Creator will not perish alone.
39:6 You have done much, O Lord my God: about Your miracles and Your thoughts about us - whoever will be like You! - I would like to preach and speak, but they exceed the number.
When it becomes easier inside and the joy of life returns, then the desire arises to tell everyone about all the miracles that God performs with us, and it’s good if we don’t stop at just one desire, but actually begin to preach about the great works of God, even if We believe that there are so many of these cases that recounting them would still not be enough in a lifetime. But it’s better if we don’t use this clause to tell ourselves: since life still isn’t enough to tell us EVERYTHING, then we won’t even start.
No, at least a little, but every His servant is simply obliged to tell about the great deeds of God. If we do this, then there will be a benefit from having our language, so that it can not only be an embellishment of untruths, but also a teller of the truth about God. And let our language work with us in this.
39:7-9 You did not want sacrifices and offerings; You have opened my ears; You did not require burnt offerings or sin sacrifices. 8 Then I said, Behold, I come; in the scroll of the book it is written about me: 9 I desire to do Your will, O my God, and Your law is in my heart.
And here again David, between the narrative text of praise to God, has a prophecy about Christ, and if you don’t listen to his songs carefully, then you can miss the prophecy in David’s numerous praises. And he prophesies that Christ will become the last sacrifice on the altar of God, for God does not need cloven-hoofed animals either for sin or as a gift of burnt offering, they do not cleanse either sins or the conscience of a person, they only create appearances. And it has been said about Christ since ancient times that he alone will fulfill the will of God for humanity. And David expressed this easily and beautifully, as if he sang a love song. Although, it was precisely about God’s love for man that he sang.
39:10,11 I have proclaimed Your righteousness in the great assembly; I did not forbid my mouth: You, Lord, know. 11 I have not hidden Your righteousness in my heart; I have proclaimed Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not hidden Your mercy and Your truth from before the great congregation.
And then the song of Christ - through the lips of David - sounded, a song about how he spent all his strength not on himself, but on being able to tell the truth of his Father to a multitude of people, not to two or three, and not to twelve, but to a congregation great in number.
Why did he do this? Because the law of God - and settled in his heart, and the law of God - Jesus made it his law, not only in order to talk about it, but in order to live by it.
39:12,13 Do not withhold, O Lord, Thy compassions from me; May Thy mercy and Thy truth protect me continually, 13 for innumerable troubles have surrounded me; My iniquities have come upon me, so that I cannot see them: they are more numerous than the hairs of my head; my heart has left me.
But then David again composes a song about himself, and again, due to inattention, one may not catch this thought, for here it is sung about iniquities, and Christ was not carried away by iniquities, therefore, David asks for further favors for himself, although he was just singing about Christ. But what’s good about David is that every time he committed lawlessness, he began to worry very much about them instead of saying to himself: “come on, David, one lawlessness is more, one lawlessness is less, it’s no big deal, that’s all.” anyway, there is not a single righteous person on earth.” No, such words never came out of David’s mouth or heart; he experienced his falls every time and he couldn’t even see them in his memories, they were so unpleasant to him.
And we? Do we reassure ourselves that if we are inevitably sinners from Adam, then what difference does it make how sinful we are?
39:14-16 Deign, O Lord, to deliver me; God! hurry to help me. 15 May all who seek the destruction of my soul be ashamed and put to shame! May those who wish me harm be turned back and consigned to ridicule! 16 Let those who say to me, “Well done!” be dismayed because of their shame. Fine!"
And here David, on his own behalf, asks God for his enemies, but he asks kindly, he does not want them to die, but only so that they are put to shame at least once, so that they are disgraced in at least some way before everyone because they chased David and they wanted him to die. For another person to endure public shame, death is better. So David knew what he asked of his enemies, they probably had ambitions to the very top, and they most likely were not afraid of death at all. So it’s a shame for them - it would have turned out to be an educational event just right.
39:17,18 Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You, and let those who love Your salvation continually say: “Great is the Lord!” 18 But I am poor and needy, but the Lord cares for me. You are my help and my deliverer, my God! don't slow down.
David was not evil, since he did not even wish death on his enemies. And for his own by faith - and even more so he wanted only good things from God, that it would be good for everyone - David would only rejoice for every happy person seeking God. Do we know how to rejoice for the happy? There’s no need to even ask about sharing grief: we all love to run towards grief, the main thing is that we don’t have it, and it’s not difficult to console. It is much more difficult to rejoice for the happy, but David knew how. And because - also - God loved him, because David knew how to rejoice for the happy.
History of writing
King David lived 1000 years before the birth of Christ, so there is little information about this period. Accurate information about the history of the writing of the text of the prayer in Psalm 39 has not been found, but scholars, based on an analysis of this song and other works of David, have made several conclusions. First, the king talks about the persecution of King Saul, but describes that time as something distant, so we can say that David was anything but a young man at the time of writing. Secondly, the rebellion of Absalom, the king's son, is mentioned, which means that the song was written later.
It is very likely that King David Psalm 39 wanted to guide the younger generation on the right path, to share the experience and knowledge that they had inherited through a difficult path over the years. He says that only in the Lord is true salvation and consolation, and only the mercy of God gives life.
Orthodox Life
Metropolitan Anthony (Pakanich) on the psalm calling on the Lord to protect the Church.
This psalm has a special mission. It contains a deep, unique meaning for each time and historical era.
During the time of King David, the words of the psalm were attributed to David himself, and later to the prophet Jeremiah. In some interpretations, the verses of this psalm were associated with the captives who lived in Babylon. In peaceful times, the psalm was interpreted as an appeal from God to the entire human race. During times of persecution, the Church Fathers saw in him warnings and prophecies.
Today, Psalm 39 also has a special meaning and purpose for modern Christians and represents an individual message. Before us arises a wondrous conversation between the Bride-Church and the Bridegroom-Christ, between the soul and Its Creator.
The text figuratively reveals the facets of the relationship between the Holy Apostolic Church, the believing soul and God.
“I trusted firmly in the Lord, and He bowed down to me and heard my cry; He brought me out of the terrible pit, out of the miry mire, and set my feet on a rock and established my steps.”
Lord, You created Your Church on earth, as well as in Heaven. You brought many souls out of non-existence and unbelief, showed them the path of salvation, gave us a saving Ship in the stormy sea of life - Your Church, left the Comforter. Since then, Your Church, Holy and Apostolic, has been governed by the Holy Spirit.
“And I say to you: you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against It” (Matthew 16:18).
You allow enemies to attack Your Church to show Her strength. She is attacked, but will never be defeated.
How many persecutors and enemies, external and internal, have undermined and continue to undermine Her unity, but all their efforts are in vain: “the gates of hell will not prevail against her.”
“And he put a new song in my mouth - praise to our God. Many will see and fear and trust in the Lord.”
All church hymns praise You, Lord, all prayers bring us closer to You. All is wise in Your Church, O Lord! Everything is filled with You and speaks about You.
“Blessed is the man who puts his hope in the Lord and does not turn to the proud or to those who turn aside to lies.”
It is good for him who stands in the truth, who is not tempted by the enemy’s speeches, who does not betray Your Church, Lord.
“You have done many things, O Lord my God: about your miracles and your thoughts about us - whoever will be like you! - I would like to preach and speak, but they exceed the number"
How many miracles You have created, Lord! So many wonderful transformations and healings. The life of the Church is filled with Your miracles, as is the life of each of us. Eternity is not enough to offer worthy praise to You, Lord, to thank You for all your mercies and blessings.
“You did not desire sacrifices and offerings; You have opened my ears; You did not require burnt offerings or sin sacrifices.”
You do not ask for sacrifice, any offerings, love for You became my voluntary sacrifice on the altar. Those who are in Your Church are the blind who have received their sight and the deaf whose ears have been opened.
“Then I said, Here I come; in the scroll of the book it is written about me: I desire to do Thy will, O my God, and Thy law is in my heart. I have proclaimed Your righteousness in the great assembly; I did not forbid my mouth: You, Lord, know. I did not hide Your righteousness in my heart, I proclaimed Your faithfulness and Your salvation, I did not hide Your mercy and Your truth before the great congregation.”
I have collected all Your words in my heart. In them is my eternal life. I pronounce them before You in private and in public. My words are words of loyalty to You. Your Church bears witness to the truth.
“Do not withhold, O Lord, Your compassions from me; May Thy mercy and Thy truth protect me unceasingly, for innumerable troubles have surrounded me; My iniquities have come upon me, so that I cannot see them: they are more numerous than the hairs of my head; my heart has left me. Deign, O Lord, to deliver me; God! hurry to help me. May all who seek the destruction of my soul be ashamed and disgraced! May those who wish me harm be turned back and consigned to ridicule! Let those who say to me, “It’s good!” be dismayed by their shame. Fine!""
Lord, do not forsake Your Church. Those who oppose the truth want to tear it apart, divide it, multiplying lawlessness. Virtues are truly humiliated, but lies and insolence remain unpunished. Intrigues are being built against the Church and Your people. Protect us, Lord! Strengthen in faith, truth and unity.
Let all the enemy’s plans and intentions be broken by Your justice. Turn all evil into good. Help us to become stronger in trials, to feel Your strength in our weakness, teach us humility and joy.
Help to preserve the teachings of Your Church in purity!
“Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You, and let those who love Your salvation say continually: “Great is the Lord!”
Glory to You, God, glory to You, God, glory to You, God! You are the Truth, You are the Life, You are the Way.
“I am poor and needy, but the Lord cares for me. You are my help and my deliverer, my God! Don't slow down."
Recorded by Natalya Goroshkova
When and how to read Psalm 39?
At the beginning of the week, churches read the sixth kathisma, which also includes Psalm 39. Prayer during services is traditionally read in Old Church Slavonic, but it is recommended to read Psalm 39 in Russian for a better understanding of its meaning.
There are no strict rules and restrictions for turning to the Lord, but there are still a number of recommendations. It is advisable to visit a temple, where you can pray to God in front of the icon, or you can read Psalm 39 at home. It is best to do this yourself, calming down and focusing on the text. As in any appeal to the Lord, the words of the song must be read sincerely, without pretensions.
Interpretation
King David and his companions were righteous and God-fearing people who found their only salvation and consolation in the Lord. This is reflected in the interpretation of Psalm 39, in every verse.
- Verses 12-18 are a request, a prayer to God for salvation and preservation of life. Thank you for your help and benefit.
- Verses 2-9. King David remembers all the pains and dangers that hung over him. Remember that he did not expect help from people, but believed and trusted only in the Lord. The righteous, according to the author, are always blessed because they find consolation in God. Here he speaks of the countless blessings the Lord has given not only to him, but to all Christians.
- Verses 10-11 - here we are talking about David’s revelations and sermons to the people, in which he spoke without hiding his faith and love for the Lord.
Prayers for despondency and despair
“Troubled thoughts that lead to despair come from the devil, who wants to plunge us into complete despair and destroy us, since despair is a subtle sin. He who despairs of his salvation thinks that God is unmerciful and untrue, and this is a terrible blasphemy against God. Satan wants to lead us to this grave sin through thoughts of confusion and despair. And we must resist this fierce temptation of his, and strengthen ourselves in the hope of God’s mercy, and expect our salvation from Him . Tikhon Zadonsky
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Prayer
O Marvelous Creator, Humane-loving Master, Most Merciful Lord! With a contrite and humble heart, I pray to Thee: do not disdain my sinful prayer, do not reject my tears and sighs, hear me like the Canaanite, do not despise me like a harlot, show me, a sinner, the great mercy of Your love for mankind:
Protect me with Your honest robe, have mercy and strengthen me, so that I may endure all the troubles and misfortunes sent from You with thanksgiving in the hope of eternal blessings; rather, turn my sadness into joy, so that I, the damned one, do not fall into despair and perish. For You are the source of mercy and the unshameful hope of our salvation, Christ our God, and we send glory to You with Your Beginning Father, and Your Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
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Lord, Lord of heaven and earth, King of the ages! Deign to open the door of repentance for me, for in the pain of my heart I pray to You, the true God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Light of the world:
look upon many with Your compassion and accept my prayer; do not turn him away, but forgive me, who have fallen into many sins. For I seek peace and do not find it, because my conscience does not forgive me. I am waiting for peace, but there is no peace in me because of the deep multitude of my iniquities.
Hear, Lord, me, who am in despair. For I, deprived of any readiness and any thought to correct myself, fall before Your compassions: have mercy on me, cast down to the ground and condemned for my sins. Turn my cry, O Lord, into joy for me, tear apart the sackcloth and gird me with joy.
And deign that I may receive peace, like Thy chosen ones, O Lord, from whom sickness, sorrow and sighing have fled, and may the door of Thy Kingdom be opened to me, so that, having entered with those who enjoy the light of Thy face, O Lord, I may receive eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord . Amen.
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Psalm 39
Having endured, I have endured the Lord, and listened to me, and heard my prayer. And bring me up from the pit of passions, and from the clay of the mire, and set my noses on the stones, and straighten my steps, and put into my mouth a new song, singing to our God.Many people will see and fear, and trust in the Lord. Blessed is the man for whom the name of the Lord is his hope, and he will not despise false vanity and confusion. Thou hast done many, O Lord, my God, Thy wonders, and by Thy thought there is no one like Thee: I have declared and spoken, multiplying more than in number.
Thou didst not desire sacrifices and offerings, but thou didst fulfill the body, burnt offerings, and thou didst not require sin. Then he said: “Behold, I have come; in the chapter of the book it is written about me: I have willed to do Thy will, O my God, and Thy law is in the midst of my womb.”
I have proclaimed great truth in the church; behold, I will not withhold from my lips: Lord, you have understood. I have not hidden Your righteousness in my heart, I have not hidden Your truth and Your salvation, I have not hidden Your mercy and Your truth from the multitude. But You, Lord, do not remove Your compassions from me: I will take Your mercy and Your truth away, intercede for me.
For the wickedness, which has no number, has taken possession of me, and has overtaken me with my iniquities, and I was not able to see, multiplying more than the hair of my head, and forsake my heart. Deign, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, come to my aid. Let those who seek to take my soul be ashamed and put to shame, and let those who wish me evil turn back and be ashamed.
May those who say: better, better, accept their bitterness. Let all who seek You, O Lord, rejoice and be glad in You, and let them say without fail: May the Lord, who loves Your salvation, be magnified. But I am poor and wretched, the Lord will take care of me. Thou art my Helper and my Protector, O my God, do not become stubborn.
……………………………… Saint John Chrysostom
Oh, great saint John Chrysostom! You have received many and varied gifts from the Lord, and as a good and faithful servant, you have multiplied all the talents given to you for good: for this reason, you were truly a universal teacher, as every age and every rank learns from you.
Behold, you appeared as an image of obedience to the youth, a luminary of chastity to the young, a teacher of hard work to the husband, a teacher of kindness to the old, a teacher of abstinence to the monk, an inspired leader from God to those who pray, an enlightener of the mind to those who seek wisdom, an inexhaustible source of living words to those who are kind-hearted, to those who do good. - a star of mercy, to those in command - a wise image of rule, a zealot of truth - an inspirer of boldness, a mentor of truth for the persecuted - patience: you were everything to everyone, and you saved everyone.
Over all of these you have acquired love, which is a union of perfection, and with that, as if by the power of the Divine, you have united all the gifts in your soul into one, and the reconciling love shared here, in the interpretation of the words of the apostles, you preached to all the faithful.
We are sinners, each one of us has his own gift, we are not imams of unity of spirit in the union of peace, but we are vainglorious, irritating each other, envious of each other: for this reason, our division, divided not into peace and salvation, but into enmity and condemnation, has turned over to us.
Moreover, we fall to you, the saint of God, servants of God (names), overwhelmed by discord, and in contrition of heart we ask: with your prayers drive away from our hearts all pride and envy that divides us, so that in many places we may remain one church body without restraint, so that In the words of your prayer, let us love each other and with one mind confess the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, Consubstantial and Indivisible, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
………………………………….. Venerable Silouan of Athos
O wonderful servant of God, Father Silouan! By the grace given to you by God, tearfully pray for the entire universe - the dead, the living and the future - do not remain silent for us to the Lord, who diligently fall to you and touchingly ask for your intercession (names).
Move, O all-blessed one, to prayer the Zealous Intercessor of the Christian race, the Most Blessed Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, who miraculously called you to be a faithful worker in Her earthly city, where the chosen one of God begs God for our sins, merciful and long-suffering, so that our untruths and iniquities are not remembered , but according to the ineffable goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ, to spare and save us according to His great mercy.
She, servant of God, with the Most Blessed Lady of the World - the Most Holy Abbess of Athos and Her holy ascetics, ask the saints for the most holy Word of the holy Mount Athos and its God-loving desert dwellers to be preserved from all the troubles and slander of the enemy in the world.
Yes, the Angels deliver the saints from evil and strengthen them in faith and brotherly love with the Holy Spirit, until the end of the century they pray for the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church and show everyone the saving path, and the Earthly and Heavenly Church constantly glorifies the Creator and Father of Lights, enlightening and illuminating peace in the eternal truth and goodness of God.
Ask the people of the entire earth for a prosperous and peaceful life, a spirit of humility and brotherly love, good morals and salvation, a spirit of fear of God. Let it not be malice and lawlessness that harden the hearts of men, which can destroy the love of God in men and cast them into godless enmity and fratricide, but in the power of Divine love and truth, as in heaven and on earth, hallowed be the name of God, may His holy will be done in men , and may peace and the Kingdom of God reign on earth.
Likewise, ask for your earthly Fatherland - the land of Russia, the servant of God, the longed-for peace and heavenly blessing, covered by the all-powerful omophorion of the Mother of God, to get rid of famine, destruction, cowardice, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare and from all visible enemies and invisible, and thus remain the most holy house of the Most Blessed Mother of God until the end of the age, the Life-giving Cross by the power, and be established in the inexhaustible love of God.
For all of us, who are immersed in the darkness of sins and warmth of repentance, who have no lower fear of God and who constantly insult the Lord who loves us immeasurably, ask, O all-blessed one, from our All-Bountiful God, so that with His All-powerful divine grace He will visit and revive our souls and all evil and let the pride of life, despondency and negligence in our hearts be abolished.
We also pray that we, strengthened by the grace of the All-Holy Spirit and warmed by the love of God, in philanthropy and brotherly love, in humble crucification for one another and for everyone, may be established in the truth of God and well strengthened in the gracious love of God, and will draw closer to the filial One.
Yes, thus, doing His all-holy will, in all piety and purity of temporary life, let us walk the path unashamedly and with all the saints of the Heavenly Kingdom and His Lamb we will be honored. To Him from all earthly and heavenly be glory, honor and worship, with His Beginningless Father, His Most Holy and Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
………………………………………… Prayers before the icons of the Mother of God “Seeking the Lost”
O zealous intercessor, kind-hearted Mother of the Lord, I come running to You, the accursed one and the most sinful man above all; Hear the voice of my prayer, and hear my cry and groaning.
For my iniquities have exceeded my head, and I, like a ship in the abyss, am plunging into the sea of my sins. But You, all-good and merciful Lady, do not despise me, desperate and perishing in sins; have mercy on me, who repent of my evil deeds, and turn my lost, cursed soul to the right path.
On You, my Lady Theotokos, I place all my hope. Thou, Mother of God, preserve and keep me under Thy roof, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
………………………………………. Prayers before the icons of the Mother of God “Helper of Sinners”
O Most Blessed Lady, protector of the Christian race, refuge and salvation of those who flow to You! We know, truly we know how much we have sinned and been angry, O Merciful Lady, the Son of God born in the flesh of You.
But the imam gave many images of those who angered His mercy before me: tax collectors, harlots and other sinners, to whom forgiveness of their sins was given, for the sake of repentance and confession. Thou, therefore, imagining the images of those who were pardoned by the eyes of my sinful soul, and looking at the great mercy of God that I have received, I dared, even a sinner, to resort with repentance to Thy mercy.
O All-Merciful Lady! Give me a helping hand and ask Your Son and God, through Your mother’s prayers and Your most holy prayers, for forgiveness for my grave sin. I believe and confess that He Whom You gave birth to, Your Son is truly the Christ, the Son of the Living God, Judge of the living and the dead, reward each according to His deeds.
I again believe and confess that You are the true Mother of God, the source of mercy, the consolation of those who mourn, the seeker of the lost, a strong and unceasing intercessor to God, fiercely loving the Christian race and a helper of repentance. Truly, there is no other help and protection for us except You, Most Merciful Lady, and no one, trusting in You, was ashamed when, and by You begging God, no one was quickly abandoned.
For this sake and I pray to Your innumerable goodness: open the doors of Your mercy to me who have gone astray and fallen into the dark times of the depths, do not disdain the foul me, do not despise my sinful prayer, do not leave me the accursed, as an evil enemy seeks to kidnap me to destruction, but beg for me Your merciful Son and God, born of You, may He forgive my great sins and deliver me from my destruction, as if I, together with all who have received forgiveness, will sing and glorify the immeasurable mercy of God and Your unashamed intercession for me in this life and forever.
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Prayers before the icons of the Mother of God “Quiet my sorrows”
Hope to all the ends of the earth, Most Pure Virgin, Lady Theotokos, our consolation! Do not disdain us sinners, for we trust in Your mercy: extinguish the sinful flame burning in us and water our parched hearts with repentance; Cleanse our minds from sinful thoughts, accept the prayers offered to You from the soul and heart with sighs.
Be an intercessor for us to Your Son and God and turn away His anger with Your Mother’s prayers. Heal mental and physical ulcers, Lady Lady, quench the illnesses of souls and bodies, calm the storm of evil attacks of the enemy, take away the burden of our sins, and do not leave us to perish until the end, and comfort our broken hearts with sadness, let us glorify Thee until our last breath.
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Prayers before the icons of the Mother of God “Unexpected joy”
Oh, Most Holy Virgin, the All-Blessed Son of the All-Blessed Mother, the Patroness of this city and holy temple, faithful to the Representative and Intercessor of all who are in sins, sorrows, troubles and illnesses!
Accept this prayer song from us, unworthy of Your servants, offered to You, and like the sinner of old, who prayed many times before Your honorable icon, You did not despise him, but You gave him the unexpected joy of repentance and You bowed Your Son to His many and zealous ones. intercession for the forgiveness of this sinner and erring one, so even now do not despise the prayers of us, Thy unworthy servants, and implore Thy Son and our God, and all of us with faith and tenderness who worship before Thy celibate image,
bestows unexpected joy for every need: to church shepherds - holy zeal for the salvation of their flock; a sinner mired in the depths of evil and passions - all-effective admonition, repentance and salvation; for those who are in sorrow and sorrow - consolation; those found in troubles and bitterness - their complete abundance;
for the faint-hearted and unreliable - hope and patience; in the joy and contentment of those living - unceasing thanksgiving to God the Benefactor; to those in need - mercy; those who are in illness and long illness and abandoned by doctors - unexpected healing and strengthening; for those who were waiting for the mind from illness - return and renewal of the mind; departing into eternal and endless life - the memory of death,
tenderness and contrition for sins, a cheerful spirit and firm hope in God’s mercy. Oh, Most Holy Lady! Have mercy on all who honor Your honorable name, and show everyone Your all-powerful protection and intercession; abide in piety, purity and honest living until their last death in goodness; create evil good things;
guide the erring one on the right path; Make progress in every good work that is pleasing to Your Son; Destroy every evil and ungodly deed; in bewilderment and difficult and dangerous circumstances, invisible help and admonition were sent down from heaven;
save from temptations, seductions and destruction; protect and preserve from all evil people and from enemies visible and invisible; floating float; for those who travel, travel; Be the Nourisher for those in need and hunger; be the Cover and Refuge for those without shelter and shelter;
Give clothes to the naked; for those offended and suffering from untruths - intercession; invisibly justify the slander, slander and blasphemy of those who suffer; expose slanderers and slanderers before everyone; Unexpectedly grant reconciliation to those who are bitterly at odds, and to all of us towards each other love, peace and piety and health with long life.
Preserve marriages in love and like-mindedness; spouses who exist in enmity and division, die, unite to each other and establish an indestructible union of love for them; to mothers and children giving birth, grant permission quickly; educate infants, young ones to be chaste, open their minds to the perception of every useful teaching, instruct the fear of God, abstinence and hard work;
Protect from domestic strife and enmity of half-bloods with peace and love. Be the Mother of motherless orphans, turn them away from every vice and defilement and teach everything good and pleasing to God; those who have been seduced into sin and uncleanness, having revealed the filth of sin, bring them out of the abyss of destruction.
Be the Comforter and Helper of widows, be a rod of old age. Deliver us all from sudden death without repentance, and grant us all the Christian death of our life, painless, shameless, peaceful and a good answer at the terrible judgment of Christ, Having ceased in faith and repentance from this life with the angels and all the saints, create a life; To those who died a sudden death, beseech Your Son to be merciful;
for all the departed who have no relatives, who beg for the repose of your Son, be a constant and warm Prayer Book and Intercessor; Yes, everyone in heaven and on earth leads You as a firm and shameless Representative of the Christian race, glorifying You and Your Son with His Originless Father and His Consubstantial Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
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Prayers before the icons of the Mother of God “Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary”
O Most Holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord of the Highest Powers, Queen of Heaven and Earth, our city and country, our all-powerful Intercessor! Accept this singing of praise and gratitude from us, Thy unworthy servants, and lift up our prayers to the Throne of God Thy Son,
may He be merciful to our untruths and add His grace to those who honor Your all-honorable name and worship Your miraculous image with faith and love. We are not worthy of being pardoned by Him, unless You propitiate Him for us, the Lady, for everything is possible for You from Him.
For this reason, we resort to You, as to our undoubted and speedy Intercessor: hear us praying to You, cover us with Your all-powerful protection and ask God Your Son as our shepherd for zeal and vigilance for souls, as a city ruler for wisdom and strength, for judges of truth and impartiality, as a mentor reason and humility, love and harmony for a spouse, obedience for a child, patience for the offended,
to those who offend the fear of God, to those who grieve complacency, to those who rejoice at self-control: to all of us is the spirit of reason and piety, the spirit of mercy and meekness, the spirit of purity and truth. To her, Most Holy Lady, have mercy on Your weak people; Gather those who are scattered, guide those who have gone astray onto the right path, support old age, educate young ones with chastity, raise infants, and look upon us all with the care of Your merciful intercession; raise us up from the depths of sin and enlighten the eyes of our hearts to the vision of salvation;
be merciful to us here and there, in the land of earthly arrival and at the Last Judgment of Your Son; Having ceased in faith and repentance from this life, our fathers and brethren began to live with the Angels and all the saints in eternal life.
For you are, Lady, the Glory of the heavenly and the Hope of the earthly, You, according to God, are our Hope and Intercessor of all those who flow to You with faith. We therefore pray to You and to You, as the Almighty Helper, we commit ourselves and each other and our whole life, now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen.
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Psalm 101Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to You. Do not turn Your face away from me: even if I mourn for a day, incline Your ear to me: even if I call on You for a day, hear me soon.
As if my days had disappeared, like smoke, and my bones had dried up. I was wounded like grass, and my heart was gone, as if I had forgotten to bear my bread. Because of the voice of my groaning my bone cleaves to my flesh. We became like the tawny owl of the desert, like a nighttime corvid on its dive.
Bdekh and bykh like a special bird here. All day long I have been reproached by you, and those who praise me are cursed by me. Ashes are gone, like bread is eaten, and my drink is dissolved with tears. From the presence of Thy anger and Thy wrath: as Thou hast exalted and cast down me. My days have turned away like the shade, and I have dried up like hay.
But You, Lord, remain forever, and Your memory endures forever. You have risen, having shown mercy to Zion, for the time has come to show mercy to it, for the time has come. For Thy servants will take pleasure in his stone, and his dust will blight him. And the nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
For the Lord of Zion will build and appear in His glory. Consider the prayer of the humble, and do not despise their prayers. May this be written for generations, and the people of the land will praise the Lord.
As from His holy heights, the Lord looked down from Heaven to earth, to hear the groaning of the chained, to allow the sons of the slain to proclaim the name of the Lord in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem. Sometimes the people and the king will gather together to work for the Lord.
Answering him on the way of his strength, I will build up the humiliation of my days. Do not bring me to the end of my days: Thy years are in the generation of generations. In the beginning, O Lord, You founded the earth, and the works of Your hand are the heavens.
They will perish, but You remain, and all the garments will be discarded, and all the garments I have worn will be changed. You are the same, and Your years will not become scarce. The sons of Your servants will dwell, and their seed will be corrected forever.
