[Grant unto us, Lord,] that we may set our hope on Thy Name which is the primal source of all creation,and open the eyes of our hearts, that we may know Thee,Who alone abidest Highest in the lofty, Holy in the holy;Who layest low the insolence of the proud, Who scatterest the imaginings of nations;Who settest the lowly on high, and bringest the lofty low;Who makest rich and makest poor; Who killest and makest alive;Who alone art the Benefactor of spirits and the God of all flesh;Who lookest into the abysses, Who scannest the works of man;the Succour of them that are in peril, the Saviour of them that are in despair;the Creator and Overseer of every spirit;Who multipliest the nations upon earth, and hast chosen out from all men those that love Theethrough Jesus Christ, Thy beloved Son, through Whom Thou didst instruct us, didst sanctify us, didst honour us.
We beseech Thee, Lord and Master, to be our help and succour.Save those among us who are in tribulation; have mercy on the lowly; lift up the fallen;show Thyself unto the needy; heal the ungodly; convert the wanderers of Thy people;feed the hungry; release our prisoners; raise up the weak; comfort the faint-hearted.Let all the Gentiles know that Thou art God alone, and Jesus Christ is Thy Son,and we are Thy people and the sheep of Thy pasture.
Thou through Thine operations didst make manifest the everlasting fabric of the world.Thou, Lord, didst create the earth.Thou that art faithful throughout all generations, righteous in Thy judgments,marvellous in strength and excellence,Thou that art wise in creating and prudent in establishing that which Thou hast made,that art good in the things which are seen and faithful with them that trust on Thee,pitiful and compassionate, forgive us our iniquities and our unrighteousnessesand our transgressions and shortcomings.Lay not to our account every sin of Thy servants and Thine handmaids,but cleanse us with the cleansing of Thy truth, and guide our steps to walk in holiness and righteousness and singleness of heartand to do such things as are good and well-pleasing in Thy sight and in the sight of our rulers.
Yea, Lord, make Thy face to shine upon us in peace for our good,that we may be sheltered by Thy mighty hand and delivered from every sin by Thine uplifted arm.And deliver us from them that hate us wrongfully.Give concord and peace to us and to all that dwell on the earth, as Thou gavest to our fathers,when they called on Thee in faith and truth with holiness, [that we may be saved,]while we render obedience to Thine almighty and most excellent Name,and to our rulers and governors upon the earth.
Thou, Lord and Master, hast given them the power of sovereignty through Thine excellent and unspeakable might,that we knowing the glory and honour which Thou hast given them may submit ourselves unto them,in nothing resisting Thy will.Grant unto them therefore, O Lord, health, peace, concord, stability,that they may administer the government which Thou hast given them without failure.For Thou, O heavenly Master, King of the ages, givest to the sons of men glory and honour and powerover all things that are upon the earth.Do Thou, Lord, direct their counsel according to that which is good and well-pleasing in Thy sight,that, administering in peace and gentleness with godliness the power which Thou hast given them,they may obtain Thy favour.
O Thou, Who alone art able to do these things and things far more exceeding good than these for us,we praise Thee through the High-priest and Guardian of our souls, Jesus Christ,through Whom be the glory and the majesty unto Thee both now and for all generations and for ever and ever. Amen.
