Kathisma V

O come, let us worship God our King. O come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King and our God. O come, let us worship and fall down before the very Christ, our King and our God.

Stasis I

Psalm 32 (33)

¹Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous; praise becomes the upright. ²Praise the Lord on the harp; platy to him on a lute of ten strings. ³Sing to him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise. ⁴For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are faithful. ⁵He loves mercy and judgment; the earth is full the mercy of the Lord. ⁶By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. ⁷Who gathers the waters of the sea as in a bottle; who lays up the deeps in treasuries. ⁸Let all the earth fear the Lord; and let all that dwell in the world be moved because of him. ⁹For he spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created. ¹⁰The Lord frustrates the counsels of the nations; he brings to nothing also the reasonings of the peoples, and brings to nothing the counsels of princes. ¹¹But the counsel of the Lord endures for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation. ¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance. ¹³The Lord looks out of heaven; he beholds all the sons of men. ¹⁴He looks from his prepared habitation on all the dwellers on the earth; ¹⁵who fashioned their hearts alone; who understands all their works. ¹⁶A king is not saved by reason of a great host; and a giant shall not be delivered by the greatness of his strength. ¹⁷A horse is vain for safety; neither shall he be delivered by the greatness of his power. ¹⁸Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him, those that hope in his mercy; ¹⁹to deliver their souls from death, and to keep them alive in famine. ²⁰Our soul waits on the Lord; for he is our helper and defender. ²¹For our heart shall rejoice in him, and we have hoped in his holy name. ²²Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in you.

Psalm 33 (34)

¹I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall be continually in my mouth. ²My soul shall boast herself in the Lord: let the meek hear, and rejoice. ³Magnify you the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. ⁴I sought the Lord diligently, and he listened to me, and delivered me from all my sojournings. ⁵Draw near to him, and be enlightened: and your faces shall not by any means be ashamed. ⁶This poor man cried, and the Lord listened to him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions. ⁷The angel of the Lord will encamp round about them that fear him, and will deliver them. ⁸Taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man who hopes in him. ⁹Fear the Lord, all you his saints: for there is no lack to them that fear him. ¹⁰The rich have become poor and hungry: but they that seek the Lord diligently shall not lack any good thing. Pause. ¹¹Come, you children, hear me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. ¹²What man is there that desires life, loving to see good days? ¹³Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking guile. ¹⁴Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. ¹⁵The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer: ¹⁶but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord listened to them, ¹⁷and delivered them out of all their afflictions. ¹⁸The Lord is near to them that are of a contrite heart; and will save the lowly in spirit. ¹⁹Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but out of them all Lord will deliver them. ²⁰He keeps all their bones: not one of them shall be broken. ²¹The death of sinners is evil: and they that hate righteousness will go wrong. ²²The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: and none of those that hope in him shall go wrong.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Glory to thee, O God. (Thrice.) Lord, have mercy. (Thrice.) Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Stasis II

Psalm 34 (35)

¹Judge you, O Lord, them that injure me, fight against them that fight against me. ²Take hold of shield and buckler, and arise for my help. ³Bring forth a sword, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I am your salvation. ⁴Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded: let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame. ⁵Let them be as dust before the wind, and an angel of the Lord afflicting them. ⁶Let their way be dark and slippery, and an angel of the Lord persecuting them. ⁷For without cause they have hid for me their destructive snare: without a cause they have reproached my soul. ⁸Let a snare which they know not come upon them; and the gin which they hid take them; and let them fall into the very same snare. ⁹But my soul shall exult in the Lord: it shall delight in his salvation. ¹⁰All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like to you? delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he, yes, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him. ¹¹Unjust witnesses arose, and asked me of things I new not. ¹²They rewarded me evil for good, and bereavement to my soul. ¹³But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting: and my prayer shall return to my own bosom. ¹⁴I behaved agreeably towards them as if it had been our neighbor or brother: I humbled myself as one mourning and sad of countenance. ¹⁵Yet they rejoiced against me, and plagues were plentifully brought against me, and I knew it not: they were scattered, but repented not. ¹⁶They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon me. ¹⁷O Lord, when will you look upon me? Deliver my soul from their mischief, my only-begotten one from the lions. ¹⁸I will give thanks to you even in a great congregation: in an abundant people I will praise you. ¹⁹Let not them that are my enemies without a cause rejoice against me; who hate me for nothing, and wink with their eyes. ²⁰For to me they spoke peaceably, but imagined deceits in their anger. ²¹And they opened wide their mouth upon me; they said Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it. ²²You have seen it, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, withdraw not yourself from me. ²³Awake, O Lord, and attend to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my Lord. ²⁴Judge me, O Lord, according to your righteousness, O Lord my God; and let them not rejoice against me. ²⁵Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, aha, it is pleasing to our soul: neither let them say, We have devoured him. ²⁶Let them be confounded and ashamed together that rejoice at my afflictions: let them be clothed with shame and confusion that speak great swelling words against me. ²⁷Let them that rejoice in my righteousness exult and be glad: and let them say continually, The Lord be magnified, who desire the peace of his servant. ²⁸And my tongue shall meditate on your righteousness, and on your praise all the day.

Psalm 35 (36)

¹The transgressor, that he may sin, says within himself, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. ²For he has dealt craftily before him, to discover his iniquity and hate it. ³The words of his mouth are transgression and deceit: he is not inclined to understand how to do good. ⁴He devises iniquity on his bed; he gives himself to every evil way; and does not abhor evil. ⁵O Lord, your mercy is in the heaven; and your truth reaches to the clouds. ⁶Your righteousness is as the mountains of God, your judgments are as a great deep: O Lord, you will preserve men and beasts. ⁷How have you multiplied your mercy, O God! so the children of men shall trust in the shelter of your wings. ⁸They shall be fully satisfied with the fatness of your house; and you shall cause them to drink of the full stream of your delights. ⁹For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we shall see light. ¹⁰Extend your mercy to them that know you; and your righteousness to the upright in heart. ¹¹Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of sinners move me. ¹²There have all the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast out, and shall not be able to stand.

Stasis III

Psalm 36 (37)

¹Fret not yourself because of evil-doers, neither be envious of them that do iniquity. ²For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the green herbs. ³Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and you shall be fed with the wealth of it. ⁴Delight yourself in the Lord; and he shall grant you the requests of your heart. ⁵Disclose your way to the Lord, and hope in him; and he shall bring it to pass. ⁶And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noon-day. ⁷Submit yourself to the Lord, and supplicate him: fret not yourself because of him that prospers in his way, at the man that does unlawful deeds. ⁸ease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself so as to do evil. ⁹For evil-doers shall be destroyed: but they that wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the land. ¹⁰And yet a little while, and the sinner shall not be, and you shall seek for his place, and shall not find it. ¹¹But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. ¹²The sinner will watch for the righteous, and gnash his teeth upon him. ¹³But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foresees that his day will come. ¹⁴Sinners have drawn their swords, they have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy one, and to kill the upright in heart. ¹⁵Let their sword enter into their own heart, and their bows be broken. ¹⁶A little is better to the righteous than abundant wealth of sinners. ¹⁷For the arms of sinners shall be broken; but the Lord supports the righteous. ¹⁸The Lord knows the ways of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever. ¹⁹They shall not be ashamed in an evil time; and in days of famine they shall be satisfied. ²⁰For the sinners shall perish; and the enemies of the Lord at the moment of their being honored and exalted have utterly vanished like smoke. ²¹The sinner borrows, and will not pay again: but the righteous has compassion, and gives. ²²For they that bless him shall inherit the earth; and they that curse him shall be utterly destroyed. ²³The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord: and he will take pleasure in his way. ²⁴When he falls, he shall not be ruined: for the Lord supports his hand. ²⁵I was once young, indeed I am now old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread. ²⁶He is merciful, and lends continually; and his seed shall be blessed. ²⁷Turn aside from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever. ²⁸For the Lord loves judgment, and will not forsake his saints; they shall be preserved for ever: the blameless shall be avenged, but the seed of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed. ²⁹But the righteous shall inherit the earth, and dwell upon it for ever. ³⁰The mouth of the righteous will meditate wisdom, and his tongue will speak of judgment. ³¹The law of his God is in his heart; and his steps shall not slide. ³²The sinner watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him. ³³But the Lord will not leave him in his hands, nor by any means condemn him when he is judged. ³⁴Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt you to inherit the land: when the wicked are destroyed, you shall see it. ³⁵I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself, and lifting himself up like the cedars of Libanus. ³⁶Yet I passed by, and behold! he was not: and I sought him, but his place was not found. ³⁷Maintain innocence, and behold uprightness: for there is a remnant to the peaceful man. ³⁸But the transgressors shall be utterly destroyed together: the remnants of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed. ³⁹But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord; and he is their defender in the time of affliction. ⁴⁰And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: and he shall rescue them from sinners, and save them, because they have hoped in him.

The Septuagint in English (Brenton, LXX2012), public domain. Numbering follows the Greek, with the Hebrew number in parentheses.