Heirmologion with Neumes (Nevmirebuli dzlispirni)

Heirmologion and Theotokia for the "We Hymn" Tone 1 By a miracle the Lord saved the people, and the stormy sea he dried up with a word at first, and today he was born incorruptibly from a Virgin and led us to heaven, being equal in nature to the Father, whom we hymn. We are unable to praise you worthily, O Mother of God, for you are found exalted above our knowledge, yet we shall not be silent in glorifying you according to our power, that we may have you as a helper. Delivered from bitter bondage, Israel passed through the land without being plundered and saw its enemies devoured, and with hymns it hymned God the wonder-worker, for he is glorious. You endured the unquenchable fire, you who are called higher than the heavens and appeared higher than the cherubim, O Virgin Mother of God; therefore all nations glorify you, as you said.

Moses, the seer of God, first exalted God for the Israelites, and Miriam, the wise among their women, prophesied and said: Let us sing praises today to our Savior God. You became like a small cloud, Mary, in your descent into Egypt, when you dared to bear your Creator upon your arms, O Virgin, and the sun of righteousness hid within you. Your invincible right hand, divinely beautiful and worthy of praise, with which you, O Immortal One, by your might scattered the enemies and prepared a way for the Israelites through the Red Sea. Rejoice, O spring of joy, rejoice, O gate of heaven. Rejoice, O lampstand and pure golden vessel, which bore Christ, the giver of life. The nature of those rivers was congealed, the people crossing the sea were saved, and when again he commanded, by that divine decree he swallowed up the mighty pursuer together with the people; therefore let us sing praises to our one God, for he is glorious.

For the life of the created, you appeared, O powerless one, as mother of the King of the Heavens; therefore we truly acknowledge you as Theotokos and, in accordance with our weakness, we offer you praise; do not cease to intercede with God for us, your own. Let us all sing praises to the one who delivered Israel from the bitter slavery of Pharaoh and led them dry-shod into the depths of the sea, with a new song, for he is glorious. Let us all, the faithful, sing praises to the pure Virgin, who gave us the Creator of creation from on high and filled us with the light of life, for he is glorious. The waves of the sea were crossed by Israel with the power from above, with dry foot. Be our mediator, O Virgin Theotokos, to him whom you bore, that he may save our souls. The waters of the depths were bound together, and Pharaoh was drowned with his charioteers, while Israel went forth through Moses with the tablet, to praise and glorify God the wonder-worker, for he is glorious.

From your immaculate flesh, which received our praise, deify it with mercy, beseech him for our deliverance from deception and death, that we might ever hymn him with song. He who aided God Moses in Egypt and through him engulfed all the host of Pharaoh, let us hymn him, for he is glorious. Glorious was said of you, O mother of the Creator of all, when the Son of the Father without beginning became incarnate, O powerless one, let us exalt you with song. With a song of victory let all hymn God, who by miracle wrought signs with that high arm and delivered Israel, for he is glorious. Today the natures of things are overcome by you, O powerless one, who made the invisible God incarnate and remained a virgin, as before birth and after birth.

With a pillar of fire and a cloud, God led the Israelites, parted the sea and brought them forth, while therein he drowned the chariots of Pharaoh. Let us sing a song of victory to the wonder-worker, for he is glorious. Gabriel the archangel offered you a greeting, O Virgin, and you received in your womb the Word of the Father, co-ruler before the ages, and you clothed him in flesh for us and remained a virgin. Beseech him for the salvation of our souls. Of Pascha The Israelites went forth unhindered through the sea; they saw their enemies drowned in the deep. But the Lord saved his people, strengthened them today, and let them sing to God. You appeared beyond the cherubim, O Mother of God; you bore the Creator, the Immaculate One, in your arms. Therefore we acknowledge you as Mother of God and, according to our power, unceasingly glorify you.

The spiritual Israel took up a song with the timbrel and the pipe, when they passed through the Red Sea. For Moses, the chosen of God, was steadfast, while Miriam thus cried out: Let us sing to the Lord, the wonder-worker, for he is glorious. Eloquence was confounded and the wisdom of the worldly learned was weakened, for the mystery of your birth surpassed the highest thought and word, when the virgin bore the Son of God and remained a virgin. The divine wind blew upon the waves of the Red Sea and with a rebuke dried up its depths; they were congealed and bound on both sides, and a way was made for those who passed through and for the pursuers who were drowned, those foolish Egyptians; and when the Israelites had passed through, with the harp and the pipe they began to rejoice and sing to God. He who before the ages was born from the Father, the bodiless Word, ever existing, is now born a second time in the flesh, and through him we are reborn a second time in spirit; and who would not marvel that from a virgin, as a child, he receives with milk the growth of the nurturer of all creation.

Look, O heaven, and we shall say that the Word of the Father came down to earth, who bowed the heavens and took on humanity and saved man, as the lover of mankind. Receive into your womb today the Word of God truly, O Virgin, and show us the God who is unattainable in flesh, unexperienced by men; beseech him, O worthy one, for the salvation of our souls. Look, O heaven, and we shall say, and the earth heard the words of my mouth, for I proclaim the name of the Lord. Your womb became wider than the heavens, O Immaculate One, who received the uncontainable; direct us toward him, be our intercessor. See, see, thus said the Lord, for I am God, who delivered the people of Israel from bondage through Moses and led them out of the wilderness, I who remember with my mighty power.

Sanctify the womb and renew the birth, O Savior, who without seed dwelt in the womb apart from corruption, when you were saved from the holy virgin, who suffered for us and rose from the dead, O giver of life. He waited, like the stars, for your words, O Lord of the heavens, Moses in Egypt, and you looked upon him with mercy, and he struck down the Egyptian enemies. From the root of Jesse you sprouted, O Mother of Christ, you praised the one who nurtures all in purity; now pray to him for our souls. The face of Moses became glorious from the vision of the divine, which had never before been seen anywhere; by whose assistance the Israelites were saved, and you taught us to sing; give glory to God, who made the heavens and the earth. You received the fire of divinity into your womb, O Immaculate One, and were not consumed by it, O Pure One, but were preserved unharmed, like the bush on Mount Sinai, which Moses saw as your image, O worthy Mother of God.

He saw a vision above nature, the lawgiver: the natural self-moving fire was placed upon the bush and did not consume it. And trembling with fear, he spoke thus: Holy and true is your name, O Lord, worker of miracles. A glorious miracle was wrought upon the earth: a virgin approached and gave birth to us, the Word of God, in the flesh, and remained a virgin. Who has seen this among women? The Lord was incarnate from her; she made her dwelling place holy. Behold, behold, for I am God, who by command through Moses led my people out of the wilderness, that I might save them by my power and by the might of the Godhead. By your grace, O Mother of the Lord, may your confessors preserve us from temptations, O Mother of God Mary, for from you was born the savior of all, O Virgin, and the giver of life.

In the beginning of the books, Moses first wrote concerning Christ and commanded the Israelites thus: "God shall raise up for you a prophet from among your own fleshly brothers, like myself, but you shall know him as God, hearken to him and be saved, for from him come righteousness, grace, and truth." Behold, now, it pleased the Lord, your goodness, the adornment of all nations, the mighty one from on high granted us glorious illuminators of our souls, multitudes of miracles, which our tongues are unable to praise fittingly for you, O Virgin. The second birth of Moses from the ark among the reeds, by which the Lord delivered the Israelites from the bondage of the Egyptians, was a type of the second birth of our Savior, who before all ages was born from the Father without a mother in heaven, and again on earth from a mother without a father from that ark of purity for our salvation.

With a purple robe and a pomegranate-colored garment, adorned with gold-embroidered silk, every tongue praises the holy veil with hymns; it is higher than the cherubim, to which Habakkuk earlier cried out, saying: The sun rose and the moon stood still in its own course, for God was born from her and she remained a pure virgin, and she is the vessel and intercessor of the faithful. Strengthened O God, look upon the hymnody of your servants and humble the height of the deceiver, and today raise up the church above, and confirm your protectors unshaken in orthodoxy. Holy of Holies, the virgin mother, was made like the immortal today in the thrones of the cherubim, when she bore the beginningless God incarnate in her womb, the savior of creation. To the only Son born of the Father before the ages and incarnate from the virgin, Christ our God, cry out: He who raised our horn, holy are you, O Lord.

You are higher than all the races of the earth, for you alone dissolved the laws of natures, since without seed you bore for us the creator of natures, God, glorious virgin. You, the only one who knows the weakness of human nature and out of compassion clothed yourself, clothe me with power from above, that I may proclaim: holy is the spiritual altar, your praise, O lover of mankind. You received God without seed into your womb, O virgin, by the Holy Spirit, and you were not consumed, as Moses saw your form in the bush, for concerning you was revealed that incomprehensible mystery. You, who before the conception of the immaculate Samuel consecrated him to God, O mother of the priest Anna, rejoice with us and say: now also strengthen, O Lord, our hearts. You, who bore the sun of righteousness first, before birth, from the womb, O immaculate one, we, the faithful, cry out to you: rejoice, O Mother of God, in the kingdom.

The all-holding and creator of all, that wisdom and power of God, the strengthener of churches unshakably, you yourself are, Christ, God of all, who are holy. Wider than the heavens appeared the womb of the virgin, the immaculate one received it; therefore we, the faithful, truly call her Mother of God and thus cry out: O all-holy one, be also an intercessor for us. Confirm me, Christ, on the rock of your commandments, unshaken, and enlighten me with that light of yours, for you alone are holy, the lover of mankind. Enlighten my mind, O Lord my God, darkened by the senses, through the intercession of the holy ever-virgin, the immaculate one. Strengthen me, Christ, who also founded the earth upon the waters, for there is none holy like you, O Lord. Rejoice, O Virgin, who bore the Word of God ineffably, of incomprehensible nature, the all-merciful one.

My heart has grown strong today toward the Lord, my God, for He has saved me from the torments of the curse and has clothed me in the holy divine power. You, Mother of God, without marriage bore us the Word of God, the altogether invincible bridegroom, holy Mother; be our intercessor before Him, O worthy one. Let my heart grow strong in your commandments, Christ God, who established the heavens and the earth upon the waters, O altogether mighty one, and I cried out: Holy is your wondrous power, O worker of miracles. You are praised, O Bridegroom, by the choir of the incorporeal heavens; you are praised by every tongue of men, for their Creator, beyond all understanding, was born from you; be our intercessor before Him. Of the Paschal season Adorn the Church, O Christ, with water and with your divine blood, which flowed from your side, O Saviour, by which we have grown strong.

You resembled the thrones of the cherubim, and upon them you sat enthroned, O Virgin, and were not consumed, as the mystery which is mighty was revealed. The stone which the builders despised became the head of the corners; that is the rock which was from the Lord and is a wonder before our eyes, upon which Christ founded the Church, which He redeemed from the pagans. We glorify the one Son, who from the Virgin took on flesh and did not change, but we beheld one body with two natures, God and man; He suffered and was buried in the tomb, arose and made a way for us to ascend to heaven, for His faithful. O Saviour Jesus, weaken our lying enemies and the foes of Your Church, the evil ones of bestial nature, the unbelievers, the envious of the faithful, the kin of the serpent, the helpers of the devil, cast them down and strengthen Your people.

Eve in Eden, by the cunning of the wise serpent, the deceiver, was slain, and her offspring were given over to death and corruption; but through you, O Mother of God the Savior, we are wholly preserved in that same incorruption. Ode First, Habakkuk foretold the life of men by prophecy and said: In wrath / remember mercy. Ms. page: 8v Page of ed.: 155 From the shadow of the oak, when you came as savior of this people, the Word incarnate. The holy virgin sprang from the root of Jesse and bore for us the Word of God, who was before the ages, and preserved her virginity inviolate at his birth, beyond nature. From the root of Jesse you sprang forth, O Christ, from the holy virgin mountain, and from the oak you came forth incarnate from the seed of the unwedded one, the bodiless God; glory to your power, O Lord.

Our mind cannot attain to praising you, O most exalted of glory, daughter of David, Mother of God, Virgin; but according to the weakness of our nature, we offer today a gift with a tongue that is adorned. Habakkuk cried out beforehand in spirit and said: "You came as savior of the chosen people, O Good One," and now we too have truly seen the fulfillment of his words, and we cry out: "O Lord, glory to your power!" We glorify your mystery, O Mother of God, for that which is invisible to the powers of heaven descended upon you, like rain upon the fleece, for our salvation, we who praise you. With the bodiless ones stood Habakkuk at that spiritual place and saw you seated upon the cherubim, and he proclaimed your coming as savior of the people and for the salvation of your anointed ones, and he cried out: "O Lord, glory to your power!

The eternal Word of the Father, O unwedded Mary, you took on flesh, who is God before the ages; before the thrones of the cherubim you were borne upon arms and cried out: O Lord, glory to your power. The parable of the prophets foretold your incarnation, O Christ, from the Virgin; it showed a brilliant light to the race of men, and the abyss cries out and says in song: Glory to your power, O Lover of mankind. The old Law proclaimed concerning you: the tabernacle of testimony and the ark of the law, the staff and the rod, the ladder and the censer, O Mother of God, Virgin; and we, the faithful, accept you as a vessel of life. I heard, O Lord, your divine hearing and was greatly afraid, and I glorify you, the only Lover of mankind. As to a peaceful haven, this suppliant one, to our Mother of God, we all glorify.

Your grace appeared to the pagans, and the faithful beheld your glory, when you were crucified, O Saviour, and you saved the whole world. You, O holy, immaculate Mother of God, we, your faithful, accept you as a vessel for us, who bore in your womb the God of all. Great is the dispensation of your mystery, O Christ, for the God-speaking Habakkuk first saw above, and cried out your descent as Saviour of your people, O lover of mankind. You, O ever-blessed Mother of God, Virgin Mary, who gave flesh to Christ God, the giver of life, we, the faithful, offer praise to you, O ever-blessed one. I have heard the mystery, O Lord, of the salvation of your anointed ones, and I have magnified you, O merciful one. Of the Passover You came from the north, born, Habakkuk proclaimed by prophecy your coming to earth and the sprouting from the root of Jesse. And now we too have truly seen the glory of your power, O Lord.

Blessed are you among women, who appeared in a wondrous manner beyond nature, for the Creator of natures entered you without seed and you remained a virgin immaculate; pray to him for the salvation of our souls, we who praise you. Ever-praised Virgin, pray to him who was born from you for our salvation, we your praisers. The sun and moon rose and stood in their own order; you rose upon the cross, O long-suffering one, and showed that you are God, your merciful power. The birth without seed of the Creator and the remaining a virgin—both did the Lord work wondrously, and in humility he united us, so that the lowly might be raised to heaven. The Word, which Habakkuk saw on the wings of the wind, adorned by the Father and coming to the world to save the people and to redeem his anointed ones, and he cried out: O Lord, glory to your power.

The word of the Father, without beginning, born before the ages, at the end of the ages was born from you in flesh, immaculate bride, to whom the faithful cry out: Lord, glory to your power. Your coming was proclaimed from the north, O Creator, by Habakkuk through prophecy, and your depiction as Savior, the sprouting from the roots of Jesse. And now we also truly cry out: Glory to your power, O Lord. He who before the ages sat upon the thrones descended for our salvation, for the sake of those who praise you, O ever-praised Virgin, we who offer gifts to you and cry out: Glory to your power, O Virgin. The co-existence of the Father and the Spirit, co-ruler, co-governor, the Word, Habakkuk first announced as entering into the flesh, entering into that northern womb of the Virgin, and thus he cried out: God comes from the south, from the mountain of the north with the thickets.

Who is not like you, or who does not marvel at you, O most high above all men, higher than the thrones of the chariots of the cherubim, more expansive than the heavens, O worthy one? Today, the divine messenger angel, sent by God, proclaimed through you our salvation. From heaven to earth the Word of God descended to convert the pagans, of whom the prophet spoke: Let the dwellings of the Ethiopians and the tents of that land of Midian tremble. -- From the night To the dark snares of the night, for your forgiveness, O Christ, we who have risen offer today a hymn to you, as you are God, so that you may lead us on the path of peace, to enter the kingdom which you promised us. For the salvation of the human race, God became incarnate from you, O Virgin, uniting humanity without confusion, and was born, the only one with two natures, and thereby radiantly enlightened the world.

You are God of peace and father merciful, and of great counsel the angel, a wondrous co-counselor send to us, who leads us to light and proclaims: from night we awaken to praise you, O lover of mankind. As the Mother of God, first the prophets and patriarchs received you and said to you: Hear, O maiden, and behold, the glory of the maiden of the king within the womb dwelt and God of the creatures was born. You, who enlightened by your coming, O Christ, and sanctified the ends of the earth by the cross, enlighten also the hearts of your singers with the light of your knowledge. Ms. page: 11v Page of ed.: 167 Do not cast away your supplicants, who approach you with faith, O Mother of God, but accept and offer them before your Son and our God, for you are our hope.

A coal of fire touched the lips of Seraphim to Isaiah and purified him to preach, and he said: Dwellers of the earth, learn righteousness, for the deep one has fallen silent. Borne in a strange womb, the holy virgin immaculately bore and, above the natures, sent us the unattainable of the heavens; with her bosom she bore the savior of creation. Radiantly to the beauty of your divinity, O Christ, we proclaim: the natural, unoriginate glory, eternal, shone forth with him from the womb of the virgin. That sun of righteousness for those sitting in darkness and shadow. O boast of the faithful, Mother of God, virgin, we beseech you: do not cease in supplication to the Lord, that he may deliver us from our sins and deem us worthy to be established in his kingdom, we your supplicants, O bride of God.

At night we rise and sing to you, Christ, who are the savior of souls with the timeless Father; grant me your peace, O kind and humane one. Our boast, O Mother of God and Virgin, we greet you as our refuge; to your child, grant us, who are fallen, this day through your intercession. Strange ones For our illumination, shine forth the unwaning light for us to become enlightened in the righteous commandments of your laws, O humane Lord, Christ our God. You, O Virgin, more spacious than the heavens and higher than the cherubim, our boast, O Mother of God, intercede for us with Christ, whom we praise with faith. Grant us your peace, O Son of God, for we know none other than you, and we bear your name, for you are God of the living and the dead. When your incorruptible womb was purified today, O Mother of God, and the Word, equal to the Father with the Holy Spirit, took flesh from you, do not cease to intercede for us.

At night we rise and sing to you, Christ God, our Lord, who for our sake was crucified and endured death for us on the cross. We confess the Father as light, we glorify the Son as pleasing, we proclaim the Holy Spirit as light, to the full Trinity of the Creator of lights, which gives light. The shadow of the first evening vanished when that sun of righteousness, Christ, shone forth from the fleshly cloud of the humble soul, which Isaiah proclaimed. That which was, is, and abides always unchangeably, the glorious Trinity—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—to which we, the faithful, ceaselessly bow down. The spiritual Ebion—the high-voiced and divinely inspired one, the divine Isaiah, made wise by divine grace through the Holy Spirit, proclaimed openly that hidden mystery of heaven, the approach of the Virgin and from her the birth of the Son and God, whose name is Emmanuel.

Because my coming before you was wondrous to you, you, O holy and blessed Queen, but hear me: I am Gabriel, the angel of the Lord standing before the throne, I bring you glad tidings of the Word of God, for He will enter your womb and without a man become man. Teach us, the singers, in your kingdom, Christ, for they rise to you and proclaim the one whom you sent today, O gracious one, as the savior of our souls. Receive, O Mother of God, our supplication, and present these repentant ones to your Son and God, whom you bore, as the prophets foretold. The cry Jonah descended into the depths of the sea and cried out to God with supplication: Raise me from the abyss, O Lord, but I, Christ, cry out to you: Disregard the multitude of my faults.

O holy one, do not be troubled by entreaty, Ms. page: 13v Page of ed.: 175 for whom you became a mother without defilement, that we might be delivered from the agitations of the world, for you are the quiet haven of your suppliants, O Mother of God, O Virgin. First Jonah, swallowed by the destructive beast, was cast forth incorrupt, and in the womb of the Virgin the Word of God was incarnate and preserved His mother incorrupt, while He changed the natures, as He willed, and saved us. The natures of two wombs, that of the whale and that of the Virgin, were changed today, for first the womb preserved the fruit incorrupt, but here today the fruit preserved that womb; this was a type, for the Virgin remained a virgin. The deep of agitations has swallowed us, and there is none to deliver us, and we have become like sheep for slaughter; but save your people, O Lord. You are the consolation and comforter of the afflicted.

They rejoice in you, O Mother of God, the fathers and mothers of men, for through you they regained Eden, which was lost through disobedience. You are a virgin before birth and after birth. He who took upon himself the distress of the sea, in his flight through disobedience was seized and entered the belly of the whale—Jonah—and cried out: Let my life come forth from destruction. You, who abolished the curse of Eve, her mother, O Virgin, and erased the handwriting of sin by conceiving the Lamb of God, who was slain on the cross for us. The destructive lust of the belly was rendered vain in the depths of the whale, and for the sake of your resurrection, Jonah appeared delivered from the swallowing and cried out with a hymn: We offer to you a sacrifice of praise, O Lord.

The fire of divinity did not burn your womb, O unwedded Mother of the Son of God, but rather, like the figure of Jonah, it remained incorrupt and unharmed, wholly immaculate. And we, your servants, offer praise to you, O Mother of God. The prophet was saved from the whale; O merciful one, save me now from sins, O lover of mankind, Lord. We sing to God the Father, we glorify God the Son, and we worship the Holy Spirit, united in faith, we believers. From the depths Jonah cried out with sorrow: Save my life from destruction, O Lord, for you are merciful. Receive, O Virgin, the Word of God in a wondrous manner, and grant us your Creator incarnate through flesh; be our intercessor. Like Jonah we cry out to you, O Lord, with a voice of praise and supplication: Raise up this life of mine from destruction.

We acknowledge you as the Mother of God, we the faithful, worthily. O Mother of Jesus, do not disregard, O Virgin, those who praise you. Strange ones I call myself like the prophet Jonah: my life, O Good One, save from corruption, and deliver me, O Saviour of the world, I glorify you: glory to you. You conceived without seed and bore God, and remained a virgin. Great is your mystery. Rejoice, O Mary, joy and boast of those who serve you, O Virgin. The corrupting nature and the burning belly of the whale did not corrupt the flesh of the prophet, but preserved it for three days, and thereby prefigured your glorious resurrection on the third day. The nature of divinity remained unchanged when it united by mixture with human nature in the fervent womb of the Virgin, and the Word of God was born with two natures, indivisibly and unconfusedly.

From the depth of the sea, Jonah, swallowed and held in the belly of the beast, cried out to you: “Raise me up from corruption incorruptibly, O hope of the doomed.” O Virgin, we the faithful worthily acknowledge you, that you may deliver us from the torments of the curse, from the disobedience of Eve’s error that has overtaken us, for you are the hope and helper of the doomed. Jonah was cast from the ship by the sailors into the abyss and did not perish, but God preserved him in the belly of the beast and revealed to him the Virgin, the Mother, the inviolable virginity, the untrodden earth, whose bolts stand like the keys of the ages. All natures of created things are overcome, and the minds of the rational are confounded, for they cannot attain to the mystery of your virginal conception, O worthy one, but they cease from inquiry and, in wonder, unceasingly extol you.

Blessed art thou. With the love of the Saviour of all, the children accounted the wrath of the mighty God-hater as nothing, and cast into the fire they were not burned, and thus they cried out: O God of our fathers, blessed art thou. The one only Son, co-eternal with the Father and the Holy Spirit, was incarnate from thee without change, O inviolate bride Mary, to whom we cry: O God of our fathers, [blessed art thou]. The children, reared in faith, stood before that mighty one and were not terrified by the fierceness of that fire, but stood amid the flame and cried out: O God of our fathers, blessed art thou. By three hypostases, indivisibly and unconfusedly, the Trinity has been revealed to us, and we confess the one-essence God, worthy of adoration, and we cry: [O God of our fathers, blessed art thou].

As they stood within Zion, the children were in the fire, and the Lord appeared to them in the likeness of an angel, and quenched the flame, turning the furnace into dew, and they said: Blessed art thou, O God of our fathers. The sole power of the Trinity, the radiant one, beyond all natures, has taught us, the singers: the Father without beginning, the Son co-ruler, the Holy Spirit, equal in nature, of one essence, the worshipped God of our fathers. The children of Abraham, within that furnace, depicted the Trinity and transformed the flame of fire into dew, and in hymnody they said: Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers. O believers, come, let us confess the one will of the divine nature in true faith, and in hymnody let us say: Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers. When the divine zeal withstood the wrath of the tyrant and transformed that consuming fire into dew, and wrath into joy, and with the power of the one who cast them in, together with the youths, in hymnody he cried out this marvel, exclaiming: O God of our fathers, ever blessed art thou.

To the Trinity, one in essence, let us bow down unceasingly, purified in heart, radiant in soul, with faith thus let us cry out: Save us, thy creatures, from the snares of the deceiver, that we may praise thee: O God of our fathers, thou art ever blessed. To that image they bowed, with cunning they cried out, those gathered peoples; they took up the hymn of Zion, they dissolved the fatherhood of David’s children and their might, and that ancient one which they wrought, and they changed their fire into dew, and with a hymn they said: O most exalted one, O God of our fathers, thou art ever blessed. In the image of the Trinity, as a spectacle, to those three children cast into the fire in the furnace of Babylon, they turned the wrath of the mighty into blessing, and the children who hymn the Trinity blessed the Most High: O God of our fathers, thou art ever blessed.

You, who appeared as fire in the burning bush and thereby prefigured your birth from the Virgin, blessed are you, O Lord, from eternity unto eternity.