Ode 8. Irmos.

Of the Bodiless Powers. Same Irmos.

In the furnace, as in a smelter, the Israelite Youths shone with the beauty of godliness brighter than gold as they said: All you his works bless the Lord, praise and highly exalt him to all the ages.

Compassionate Christ, my Redeemer, from the fog of sins and temptations of many kinds, which now holds me fast, redeem me, as I cry: All you his works bless the Lord, praise and highly exalt him to all the ages.

When you are about to come in glory, O Christ, to judge the world, number me too with the company of your elect, as I cry out and say: All you his works bless the Lord, praise and highly exalt him to all the ages.

Of the Martyrs.

You have entered on a holy land, wise Martyrs; for having struggled greatly on earth, you have received heavenly life, as you sing: All you his works bless the Lord, praise and highly exalt him to all the ages.

Having put off the corruptible body, as Martyrs you have put on the garment of incorruption, as from on high you cry to Christ: All you his works bless the Lord, praise and highly exalt him to all the ages.

Sacred voices from long ago foretold that you would be the Mother of the God who framed all things, O Immaculate, to him we sing: All you his works bless the Lord, praise and highly exalt him to all the ages.

As we believers imitate the armies of Angels, shining and resplendent with the rays of the beauty of the triple Sun, let us sing: All you his works bless the Lord, praise and highly exalt him to all the ages.

The supreme Godhead, as source of all good things, brings into being second lights, which receive the primal Light and cry out: All you his works bless the Lord, praise and highly exalt him to all the ages.

The primal Mind and Creator, in a manner beyond being, gave existence to Angel minds that are beyond the world, that clearly draw near it and cry out: All you his works bless the Lord, praise and highly exalt him to all the ages.

All-blameless Virgin, for us you brought to birth, ineffably incarnate, the One who before the ages was born from the Father beyond reason, to whom we cry out: All you his works bless the Lord, praise and highly exalt him to all the ages.