Kathisma XVI

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 109 (110)

¹The Lord said to my Lord, Sit you on my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool. ²The Lord shall send out a rod of power for you out of Sion: rule you in the midst of your enemies. ³With you is dominion in the day of your power, in the splendors of your saints: I have begotten you from the womb before the morning. ⁴The Lord swore, and will not repent, You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec. ⁵The Lord at your right hand has dashed in pieces kings in the day of his wrath. ⁶He shall judge among the nations, he shall fill up the number of corpses, he shall crush the heads of many on the earth. ⁷He shall drink of the brook in the way; therefore shall he lift up the head.

Psalm 110 (111)

¹I will give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation. ²The works of the Lord are great, sought out according to all his will. ³His work is worthy of thanksgiving and honor: and his righteousness endures for ever and ever. ⁴He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is merciful and compassionate. ⁵He has given food to them that fear him: he will remember his covenant for ever. ⁶He has declared to his people the power of his works, to give them the inheritance of the heathen. ⁷The works of his hands are truth and judgment: all his commandments are sure: ⁸established for ever and ever, done in truth and uprightness. ⁹He sent redemption to his people: he commanded his covenant for ever: holy and fearful is his name. ¹⁰The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and all that act accordingly have a good understanding; his praise endures for ever and ever.

Psalm 111 (112)

¹Blessed is the man that fears the Lord: he will delight greatly in his commandments. ²His seed shall be mighty in the earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. ³Glory and riches shall be in his house; and his righteousness endures for evermore. ⁴To the upright light has sprung up in darkness: he is pitiful, and merciful, and righteous. ⁵The good man is he that pities and lends: he will direct his affairs with judgment. ⁶For he shall not be moved for ever; the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. ⁷He shall not be afraid of any evil report: his heart is ready to trust in the Lord. ⁸His heart is established, he shall not fear, till he shall see his desire upon his enemies. ⁹He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for evermore: his horn shall be exalted with honor. ¹⁰The sinner shall see and be angry, he shall gnash his teeth, and consume away: the desire of the sinner shall perish.

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 112 (113)

¹Praise the Lord, you servants of his, praise, the name of the Lord. ²Let the name of the Lord be blessed, from this present time and for ever. ³From the rising of the sun to his setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised. ⁴The Lord is high above all the nations; his glory is above the heavens. ⁵Who is as the Lord our God? who dwells in the high places, ⁶and yet looks upon the low things in heaven, and on the earth: ⁷who lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises up the needy from the dunghill; ⁸to set him with princes, even with the princes of his people: ⁹who settles the barren woman in a house, as a mother rejoicing over children.

Psalm 113 (114–115)

¹At the going forth of Israel from Egypt, of the house of Jacob from a barbarous people, ²Judea became his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. ³The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back. ⁴The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like lambs. ⁵What ailed you, O sea, that you fled? and you Jordan, that you were turned back? ⁶You mountains, that you skipped like rams, and you hills, like lambs? ⁷The earth trembled at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; ⁸who turned the rock into pools of water, and the flint into fountains of water.

Psalm 114 (116:1–9)

¹Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, because of your mercy and your truth; ²lest at any time the nations should say, Where is their God? ³But our God has done in heaven and on earth, whatever he has pleased. ⁴The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of men's hands. ⁵They have a mouth, but they can’t speak; they have eyes, but they can’t see: ⁶they have ears, but they can’t hear; they have noses, but they can’t smell; ⁷they have hands, but they can’t handle; they have feet, but they can’t walk: they can’t speak through their throat. ⁸Let those that make them become like to them, and all who trust in them. ⁹The house of Israel trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender. ¹⁰The house of Aaron trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender. ¹¹They that fear the Lord trust in the Lord: he is their helper and defender. ¹²The Lord has remembered us, and blessed us: he has blessed the house of Israel, he has blessed the house of Aaron. ¹³He has blessed them that fear the Lord, both small and great. ¹⁴The Lord add blessings to you and to your children. ¹⁵Blessed are you of the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth. ¹⁶The heaven of heavens belongs to the Lord: but he has given the earth to the sons of men. ¹⁷The dead shall not praise you, O Lord, nor any that go down to Hades. ¹⁸But we, the living, will bless the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.

Stasis III

Psalm 115 (116:10–19)

¹I am well pleased, because the Lord will listen to the voice of my supplication. ²Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him while I live. ³The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow. ⁴Then I called on the name of the Lord: O Lord, deliver my soul. ⁵The Lord is merciful and righteous; yes, our God has pity. ⁶The Lord preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he delivered me. ⁷Return to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. ⁸For he has delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. ⁹I shall be well-pleasing before the Lord in the land of the living. ¹⁰I believed, therefore I have spoken: but I was greatly afflicted. ¹¹And I said in my amazement, Every man is a liar. ¹²What shall I render to the Lord for all the things wherein he has rewarded me? ¹³I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. ¹⁴I will pay my vows to the Lord, in the presence of all his people. ¹⁵Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. ¹⁶O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, and the son of your handmaid: you have burst my bonds asunder. ¹⁷I will offer to you the sacrifice of praise, and will call upon the name of the Lord. ¹⁸I will pay my vows to the Lord, in the presence of all his people, ¹⁹in the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of you, Jerusalem.

Psalm 116 (117)

¹Praise the Lord, all you nations: praise him, all you peoples. ²For his mercy has been abundant toward us: and the truth of the Lord endures for ever.

Psalm 117 (118)

¹Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. ²Let now the house of Israel say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. ³Let now the house of Aaron say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. ⁴Let now all that fear the Lord say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. ⁵I called on the Lord out of affliction: and he listened to me, so as to bring me into a wide place. ⁶The Lord is my helper; and I will not fear what man shall do to me. ⁷The Lord is my helper; and I shall see my desire upon my enemies. ⁸It is better to trust in the Lord than to trust in man. ⁹It is better to hope in the Lord, than to hope in princes. ¹⁰All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. ¹¹They completely compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. ¹²They compassed me about as bees do a honeycomb, and they burst into flame as fire among thorns: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. ¹³I was thrust, and sorely shaken, that I might fall: but the Lord helped me. ¹⁴The Lord is my strength and my song, and is become my salvation. ¹⁵The voice of exultation and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord has wrought mightily. ¹⁶The right hand of the Lord has exalted me: the right hand of the Lord has wrought powerfully. ¹⁷I shall not die, but live, and recount the works of the Lord. ¹⁸The Lord has chastened me sore: but he has not given me up to death. ¹⁹Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and give praise to the Lord. ²⁰This is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter by it. ²¹I will give thanks to you; because you have heard me, and are become my salvation. ²²The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner. ²³This has been done of the Lord; and it is wonderful in our eyes. ²⁴This is the day which the Lord has made: let us exult and rejoice in it. ²⁵O Lord, save now: O Lord, send now prosperity. ²⁶Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. ²⁷God is the Lord, and he has shined upon us: celebrate the feast with thick branches, binding the victims even to the horns of the altar. ²⁸You are my God, and I will give you thanks: you are my God, and I will exalt you. I will give thanks to you, for you have heard me, and are become my salvation. ²⁹Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.

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