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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VIII

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: The thrice-blessed youths, disdaining the golden image and beholding the immutable and living image of God, chanted in the midst of the flame: Let all existing creation hymn the Lord and exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶2

Emulating the merciful Samaritan, pass me not by, who have fallen among thieves through my many sins, O Philaret, but pour forth the oil of thy prayers upon my grievously wounded soul, O merciful one, that, healed, with thanksgiving I may chant unto God: Let all creation hymn the Lord Who is wondrous in His saints!

¶3

Theotokion: The cherubim bow down before thee in awe, O Theotokos, and the seraphim hymn thee unceasingly, for truly the King of heaven hath desired thy beauty, calling thee His own Mother. Wherefore, the people confess thee forever, and unto the ages of ages.

¶4

Irmos: The children, forming a universal chorus in the furnace, chanted to Thee, the Creator of all: Hymn the Lord, all ye works, and exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶5

Thou art shown to us as a wise gatherer of treasures which rust doth not corrupt, nor worm devour, and which thou dost lay up in the treasuries of heaven. Wherefore, thy heart doth abide there, and thy mouth, knowing not satiety, doth hymn the Lord forever.

¶6

Theotokion: O pure one, strengthen my soul which hath become paralyzed through transgressions and passions, that I may hymn thine all-glorious birthgiving for all ages.

¶7

Those who of old did foolishly worship the golden calf were condemned, and the most wise youths, who would not bow down before the golden image set up by the king in Babylon, were blessed; and thou, O Philaret, didst emulate the latter and not the former, joyously casting down the idol of wealth, and chanting: Let all creation hymn the Lord forever!

¶8

Deified by the immaterial radiance of the ruling Trinity, O prophet, thou chantest, rejoicing: Hymn the Lord, all ye works, and exalt Him supremely for all ages!

¶9

Honoring thy sanctified memory in sacred manner, O prophet, we chant: Hymn the Lord, all ye works, and exalt Him supremely for all ages!

Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.

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