O All-Holy Trinity, God and Creator of all the world, hasten and direct my heart, begin with understanding and end with good deeds these divinely inspired books, which the Holy Spirit will regurgitate from the mouth of David, which I now desire to speak, O unworthy one, but understanding my ignorance, I fall down and pray to Thee, and ask Thee for help: O Lord, direct my mind and strengthen my heart, not for the words of the Lord, I will not be cold, but rejoice in the understanding of those who speak, and prepare myself to do good works, which I am learning, and I say, That I may be enlightened by good works, that I may be partaker of the judgment of Thy right hand of the land with all Thy elect. And now, O Lord, bless, that I may sigh from my heart, and sing with my tongue, saying to the Lord:

Come, let us worship our King God.

Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King God.

Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ Himself, our King and God.

In the same way, it is not enough, until all feelings are calmed. Then do not make the beginning quickly, without sloth, with tenderness and a broken heart. Rcy cue: "Blessed is the man..." quietly and intelligently, with attention, and not struggling, as one understands with one's mind.

David's Song of the Prophet and King

KATHISMA FIRST

Psalm to David, not inscribed in Hebrew, 1

1 Blessed is the man who does not go into the counsel of the unclean, and does not stand in the way of sinners, and does not sit in the seat of the destroyers, 2 but in the law of the Lord is his will, and in his law he shall learn day and night. 3 And it shall be as a tree planted by the outflowing waters, that it shall yield its fruit in its season, and the leaf thereof shall not fall away, and all that it does shall succeed. 4 Not so wicked, not so, but as dust, which the wind sweeps up from the face of the earth. 5 For this reason the unclean shall not rise to judgment, nor to the council of the righteous than a sinner. 6 For the message of the Lord is the way of the righteous, and the way of the unclean shall perish.