Kathisma I

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 1 (1)

¹Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men. ²But his pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he meditate day and night. ³And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatever he shall do shall be prospered. ⁴Not so the ungodly; —not so: but rather as the chaff which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth. ⁵Therefore the ungodly shall not rise in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the just. ⁶For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Psalm 2 (2)

¹Therefore did the heathen rage, and the nations imagine vain things? ²The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers gathered themselves together, against the Lord, and against his Christ; ³saying, Let us break through their bonds, and cast away their yoke from us. ⁴He that dwells in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall mock them. ⁵Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his fury. ⁶But I have been made king by him on Sion his holy mountain, ⁷declaring the ordinance of the Lord: the Lord said to me, You are my Son, today have I begotten you. ⁸Ask of me, and I will give you the heathen for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession. ⁹You shall rule them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces as a potter's vessel. ¹⁰Now therefore understand, you kings: be instructed, all you that judge the earth. ¹¹Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice in him with trembling. ¹²Accept correction, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you should perish from the righteous way: whenever his wrath shall be suddenly kindled, blessed are all they that trust in him.

Psalm 3 (3)

¹O Lord, why are they that afflict me multiplied? many rise up against me. ²Many say concerning my soul, There is no deliverance for him in his God. Pause. ³But you, O Lord, are my helper: my glory, and the one that lifts up my head. ⁴I cried to the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy mountain. Pause. ⁵I lay down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord will help me. ⁶I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, who beset me round about. ⁷Arise, Lord; deliver me, my God: for you have struck all who were without cause my enemies; you have broken the teeth of sinners. ⁸Deliverance is the Lord's, and your blessing is upon your people.

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 4 (4)

¹When I called upon him, the God of my righteousness heard me: you have made room for me in tribulation; pity me, and listen to my prayer. ²O you sons of men, how long will you be slow of heart? therefore do you love vanity, and seek falsehood? Pause. ³But know you that the Lord has done wondrous things for his holy one: the Lord will hear me when I cry to him. ⁴Be you angry, and sin not; feel compunction upon your beds for what you say in your hearts. Pause. ⁵Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, and trust in the Lord. ⁶Many say, Who will show us good things? the light of your countenance, O Lord, has been manifested towards us. ⁷You have put gladness into my heart: they have been satisfied with the fruit of their corn and wine and oil. ⁸I will both lie down in peace and sleep: for you, Lord, only have caused me to dwell securely.

Psalm 5 (5)

¹Listen to my words, O Lord, attend to my cry. ²Attend to the voice of my supplication, my King, and my God: for to you, O Lord, will I pray. ³In the morning you shall hear my voice: in the morning will I wait upon you, and will look up. ⁴For you are not a god that desires iniquity; neither shall the worker of wickedness dwell with you. ⁵Neither shall the transgressors continue in your sight: you hate, O Lord, all them that work iniquity. ⁶You will destroy all that speak falsehood: the Lord abhors the bloody and deceitful man. ⁷But I will enter into your house in the multitude of your mercy: I will worship in your fear toward your holy temple. ⁸Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make my way plain before your face. ⁹For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain; their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit. ¹⁰Judge them, O God; let them fail of their counsels: cast them out according to the abundance of their ungodliness; for they have provoked you, O Lord. ¹¹But let all that trust on you be glad in you: they shall exult for ever, and you shall dwell among them; and all that love your name shall rejoice in you. ¹²For you, Lord, shall bless the righteous: you have compassed us as with a shield of favor.

Psalm 6 (6)

¹O Lord, rebuke me not in your wrath, neither chasten me in your anger. ²Pity me, O Lord; for I am weak: heal me, O Lord; for my bones are vexed. ³My soul also is grievously vexed: but you, O Lord, how long? ⁴Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: save me for your mercy's sake. ⁵For in death no man remembers you: and who will give you thanks in Hades? ⁶I am wearied with my groaning; I shall wash my bed every night; I shall water my couch with tears. ⁷My eye is troubled because of my wrath; I am worn out because of all my enemies. ⁸Depart from me, all you that work iniquity; for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. ⁹The Lord has listened to my petition; the Lord has accepted my prayer. ¹⁰Let all my enemies be put to shame and sore troubled: let them be turned back and grievously put to shame speedily.

Stasis III

Psalm 7 (7)

¹O Lord my God, in you have I trusted: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me. ²Lest at any time the enemy seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save. ³O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands;) ⁴if I have requited with evil those who requited me with good; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies. ⁵Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; and let him trample my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. Pause. ⁶Arise, O Lord, in your wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of my enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which you did command. ⁷And the congregation of the nations shall compass you: and for this cause do you return on high. ⁸The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me. ⁹Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and then you shall direct the righteous, O God that search the hearts and reins. ¹⁰My help is righteous, coming from God who saves the upright in heart. ¹¹God is a righteous judge, and strong, and patient, not inflicting vengeance every day. ¹²If you will not repent, he will furbish his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready. ¹³And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the raging ones. ¹⁴Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness, he has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity. ¹⁵He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made. ¹⁶His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown. ¹⁷I will give thanks to the Lord according to his righteousness; I will sing to the name of the Lord most high.

Psalm 8 (8)

¹O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is your name in all the earth! for your magnificence is exalted above the heavens. ²Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings have you perfected praise, because of your enemies; that you might put down the enemy and avenger. ³For I will regard the heavens, the work of your fingers; the moon and stars, which you have established. ⁴What is man, that you are mindful of him? or the son of man, that you visit him? ⁵You made him a little less than angels, you have crowned him with glory and honor; ⁶and you have set him over the works of your hands: you have put all things under his feet: ⁷sheep and all oxen, yes and the cattle of the field; ⁸the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, the creatures passing through the paths of the sea. ⁹O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is your name in all the earth!

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