Ode 3. The Irmos.
Anastasis liturgical translations — translated by Ephrem Lash
O Lord, make firm my heart, shaken by the waves of life, as God guiding it to a fair haven.
Long-suffering Lord, you made firm the hearts of those who are shaken when you shook the earth, by your hallowed Crucifixion, which you underwent in the flesh.
The noble Joseph laid you in a new tomb, O merciful; but you arose from the dead on the third day, renewing us all.
Why do you seek the Lord as a corpse? He has risen as he said, cried the Angel to the women, dazzling with his godlike form.
You once cured a man blind from birth who came to you, All-merciful, glorifying your dispensation and your wonders.
We worship God, Father without beginning, Son and divine Spirit, triple uncreated, three-personned nature, one God of all.
You gave birth from a virgin womb to God incarnate; implore him, all-holy Lady, to have pity on us.
Translated by Ephrem Lash. Edition lash.en.anastasis.