Psalm 87

O Lord, God of my salvation, by day I have cried, and by night before Thee, that my prayer may rise before Thy face, incline Thy ear to my supplication. For my soul is filled with evil, and my life draws nigh to hell; I was numbered with those who descended into the pit, I became as a helpless man, free among the dead; like the slain, sleeping in the grave, whom Thou shalt remember no more, and they have been rejected by Thy hand. Thou hast laid me in the deepest pit, in darkness and in the shadow of death: Thy wrath hath rested upon me, and Thou hast brought all Thy waves upon me. Thou hast removed my acquaintances from me: they have considered me an abomination to themselves; I was betrayed and could not get out. My eyes are faint with poverty: I have cried to Thee, O Lord, all day long, I have stretched out my hands to Thee. Will You work miracles for the dead? Or will the physicians raise them up, and they will glorify Thee? Shall anyone proclaim in the grave Thy mercy, and Thy truth in a place of destruction? Shall they know Thy wonders in darkness, and Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? And I have cried unto Thee, O Lord, and early in the morning my prayer shall reach Thee. Wherefore, O Lord, dost thou put away my soul, hast thou turned away thy face from me? I am poor, and in labor from my youth; And, having been lifted up, he was humiliated and faint. Thy wrath is gone away from me, Thy terrors have troubled me, they surround me like water all day long, they have enveloped me all together. Thou hast removed from me a friend and neighbor and my acquaintances because of suffering. O Lord, God of my salvation, by day I have cried, and by night before Thee, that my prayer may rise before Thy face, incline Thy ear to my supplication.

Psalm 102

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all my inward part is His holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His rewards: He forgives all thy iniquities, healeth all thy infirmities, delivereth thy life from destruction, crowneth thee with mercy and mercies, fulfilleth thy desire with good things, and thy youth shall be renewed like that of an eagle. The Lord does mercy and judgment to all those who are offended. He made His ways known to Moses, and His desires to the children of Israel. The Lord is generous and merciful, long-suffering and abundant in mercy, He will not be completely angry and will not be indignant forever. He did not do us according to our iniquities, nor did He repay us according to our sins, for according to the height of heaven from the earth, the Lord established His mercy to those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, He has removed our iniquities from us. As the father of sons has mercy, the Lord has mercy on those who fear Him, for He knows our composition, He remembers that we are dust. Man shall be like the grass of his days, like the flower of the field, so shall he fade, for the breath has ceased in him, and he shall be no more, and he shall know no more his place. But the mercy of the Lord is upon them that fear him from everlasting to everlasting, and his righteousness is upon the sons of sons who keep his covenant, and remember his commandments, to do them. The Lord has prepared His throne in heaven, and His Kingdom possesses all things. Bless the Lord, all His angels, mighty in might, who do His word, as soon as they hear the voice of His words. Bless the Lord, all His hosts, His servants, who do His will. Bless the Lord, all His creatures, in every place of His dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul! In every place of His dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul!

Psalm 142

O Lord, hear my prayer, hear my prayer in Thy truth, hear me in Thy righteousness, and enter not into judgment with Thy servant, for no one living shall be justified before Thee. For the enemy has persecuted my soul, he has humbled my life to the ground, he has put me in darkness, as those who have died from eternity. And my spirit is discouraged within me, my heart is troubled within me. I have remembered the days of old, I have meditated on all Thy works, I have meditated on the works of Thy hands. I have stretched out my hands to Thee; my soul before Thee is like a dry land. Hear me quickly, O Lord, my spirit is faint: turn not Thy face away from me, and let me not be like them that descend into the pit. Let me hear Thy mercy early in the morning, for I trust in Thee; reveal to me, O Lord, the way in which I shall go, for to Thee I have lifted up my soul. Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord, for I have fled to Thee. Teach me to do Thy will, for Thou art my God; Thy good spirit shall lead me into the land of righteousness. For Thy name's sake, O Lord, Thou shalt revive me, in Thy righteousness Thou shalt bring my soul out of sorrow, and in Thy mercy Thou shalt destroy my enemies, and destroy all those who oppress my soul, for I am Thy servant. Hear me, O Lord, in Thy righteousness, and enter not into judgment with Thy servant. Hear me, O Lord, in Thy righteousness, and enter not into judgment with Thy servant. Thy good spirit shall lead me into the land of righteousness.

Glory, and now: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, glory to Thee, O God. (3)

Then we sing the Great Litany and sing "God is the Lord:" to the voice of the troparion of the day:

God is the Lord, and He has appeared to us; blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. (4)

Verse 1: Praise the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever.

Verse 2: They surrounded me, but in the name of the Lord I resisted them.

Verse 3: I will not die, but I will live, and declare the works of the Lord.

Verse 4: The stone which the builders rejected, it was at the head of the corner: it was from the Lord, and marvellous in our eyes.