Irmos: Because the words of the tyrant prevailed, the furnace was once heated sevenfold, but therein the children were not consumed, trampling the edict of the king underfoot; and they cried aloud: Hymn the Lord, all ye works of the Lord, and exalt Him supremely for all ages!
Shedding tears like myrrh for Christ Who is born for our sake, therewith we wash away our defilements, approaching the All-pure one in purity, and crying: Hymn the Lord, all ye works of the Lord, and exalt Him supremely for all ages!
With tears of compunction let us avoid tears for the coming dread torments, following the steps of Christ Who is placed in swaddling-bands as a babe, and crying: Hymn the Lord, all ye works of the Lord, and exalt Him supremely for all ages!
Knowing that deliverance would be wrought in sanctity from within our midst, and having washed ourselves beforehand for Christ in a fountain of tears, O ye faithful, let us approach Him Who in the flesh is born in the cave, crying: Hymn the Lord, all ye works of the Lord, and exalt Him supremely for all ages!
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.