The Thirteenth Kathisma

Antiphon One

It is good to bless you with praise, O Lord, to make music to your name, O most high, 2) to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness through the watches of the night, 3) to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the rippling melody of the harp. 4) For you gladden me by your deeds, O Lord; your handiwork makes me sing for joy.

5) How great are your works, O Lord, how very deep your thoughts! 6) The senseless man does not know it, nor can the fool understand it: 7) though the wicked spring up like weeds and all evildoers thrive, they are doomed to eternal destruction!

8) But you, O Lord, are exalted forever, 9) for behold, your enemies, O Lord, your enemies perish; all evildoers are scattered. 10) But you glorify my strength like that of a wild ox; you anoint me with the purest oil. 11) My eyes look for the downfall of my adversaries; my ears listen for the rout of my wicked foes.

12) The just man will flourish like the palm tree; he will grow like a cedar of Lebanon. 13) Planted in the house of the Lord, he will flourish in the courts of our God. 14) In old age, he will still be fruitful; he will still be full of sap and freshness, 15) to prove that the Lord is upright, that in him, my rock, there is no wrong.

The Lord reigns, clothed in majesty; the Lord is robed in power and has girded himself! You fixed the universe; it will not be moved; 2) your throne is firm from the beginning; from always, you exist, O Lord! 3) The waters let loose, Lord, the waters let loose their voice; the waters let loose their uproar. 4) More than the voices of all the waters, more splendid than the surf of the ocean, the Lord is splendid in the heights. 5) Your word is truth itself, ever to be trusted; holiness goes well with your house, O Lord, forevermore!

O Lord, avenging God! Avenging God, appear! 2) Rise up, judge of the earth; give the arrogant what they deserve! 3) How much longer will the wicked, O Lord, how much longer will the wicked triumph; 4) how much longer will their defiance rage, will all evildoers continue their boasting? 5) Can a throne of terror be your partner; can a framer of unjust statutes enjoy your protection?

6) Your people, O Lord, they crush, and your very own they oppress. 7) The widow and the stranger they kill; the fatherless they murder. 8) They band together to do away with the righteous; they condemn the innocent to death. 9) He will make their evil recoil upon them; he will annihilate them for their wickedness; the Lord will annihilate them. 10) For they say to themselves: The Lord does not notice; the God of Jacob does not take heed of it.

11) Take heed yourselves, you senseless people! You fools, when will you understand? 12) Does he who makes the ear not hear? He who forms the eye, does he not see? 13) Does he who disciplines the nations not punish? Does he who teaches man not know? 14) The Lord knows the thoughts of men; he knows how futile they are.

15) Happy the man you discipline, O Lord, the man you teach through your law, 16) giving him rest after bad times, while a pit is being dug for the wicked. 17) For the Lord does not forsake his people; his very own he does not abandon. 18) Judgment will again accord with justice, and all the upright will rally to it.

19) Who took my part against the wicked; who stood up for me against evildoers? 20) Had not the Lord been my help, I would have finished in the land of silence. 21) I thought my foot was slipping, and your steadfast love, O Lord, supported me; 22) anxieties welled up deep within me, and your assurance soothed my soul. 23) For the Lord is my fortress, and my God, the rock in whom I take refuge.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: Both now and forever, and unto ages of ages, amen.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia: Glory to you, O God.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia: Glory to you, O God.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia: Glory to you, O God.

Antiphon Two

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us acclaim the rock of our salvation! 2) Let us enter his presence with thanksgiving; let us acclaim him with songs of praise. 3) For the Lord is a great God, a great king over all the gods. 4) In his hand are the recesses of the world beneath, and the mountain peaks belong to him. 5) The sea is his, for he made it, and the dry lands shaped by his hands.

6) Come, let us worship and fall down before him; let us kneel before the Lord who made us. 7) For he is our God and we are his people, the flock he tends.

8) If only you would heed his voice today: Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day of Massah, in the wilderness, 9) when your fathers put me to the test, when they tried me, though they saw what I could do. 10) For forty years I loathed that generation, and I said: This people's heart goes far astray; they have no interest in my ways. 11) So I took an oath in my anger: Never shall they enter the land where I would give them rest.

Sing to the Lord a song that is new; sing to the Lord, all the earth! 2) Sing to the Lord, bless his name! Proclaim his triumph from sea to sea! 3) Tell out his glory among the nations, his wondrous deeds among all peoples!

4) For great is the Lord and loud must be his praise; more awesome is he than all the gods. 5) For the gods of the nations are idols, every one, but the Lord himself created the heavens. 6) Splendor and majesty go before him; holiness and grandeur adorn his holy court.

7) Give the Lord, O you families of nations, give the Lord glory and praise; give the Lord the glory of his name! 8) Bring out the offering and bear it before him; 9) fall down before the Lord when the holy one appears; tremble in his presence, all the earth! 10) Say to the nations: The Lord reigns; he fixed the universe, it will not be moved; he judges the peoples fairly!

11) Let rejoicing fill the heavens, and throughout the earth, gladness. 12) Let the sea and all within it thunder; let the plains exult, and everything that grows there; let all the woodland trees shout for joy 13) at the presence of the Lord who comes, who comes to judge the earth, to judge the world with justice and the peoples with fairness.

The Lord reigns! Let the earth rejoice; let the distant shores be glad! 2) For you, Lord, are supreme over all the earth, exalted far above all spirit powers. 3) A misty darkness surrounds him; justice and right are the foundation of this throne. 4) Fire goes before him and flashes around behind him. 5) His lightning bolts light up the world; the earth is convulsed at the sight! 6) The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of all the earth. 7) The heavens declare the justice of his claim, and all nations see his glory.

8) Let all who worship images be put to shame, those who revel in their idols; you spirit powers, in worship fall before him! 9) Let Sion hear and rejoice; the daughters of Judah exult at the rulings you hand down, O Lord! 10) (The Lord, who loves those who hate evil, protects the lives of the devout; he rescues them from the hand of the wicked.) 11) Light bursts forth upon the just, radiant joy upon the upright of heart. 12) Rejoice in the Lord, you just, give thanks to his holy name.

Glory: Both now:
Alleluia:

Antiphon Three

Sing the Lord a song that is new, for he has done wondrous things. His own right hand, his holy arm, give him the power to save. 2) The Lord has shown forth his victory, before the eyes of the nations, he has displayed his triumph. 3) Remember his steadfast love and his faithfulness, O house of Israel! All you ends of the earth, behold the victory of our God!

4) Sing out to the Lord with joy, all the earth; break into joyous songs of praise. 5) Sing praise to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and melodious song. 6) With trumpets and the blast of the horn raise a shout of joy before the Lord who is king.

7) Let the sea and all that is within it thunder, the world and all who live in it. 8) Let the rivers clap their hands; let the mountains joyfully sing together 9) at the presence of the Lord, who comes to judge the earth, to judge the world with justice and the peoples with fairness.

The Lord reigns; let people tremble! He rides the cherubim; let the earth rock with fear! 2) The Lord of Sion is the greatest of all, exalted far above all peoples! 3) Let them praise his name so awesome and great! Holy is he!

4) You are the mightiest of kings, and you love what is right! It is you who established justice, you who decide right and wrong in Jacob! 5) Exalt the Lord, our God! Bow before his footstool, for he is holy!

6) Among his priests were Moses and Aaron, and Samuel among those who called on his name; they called on the Lord and he answered them. 7) From a pillar of cloud he spoke with them; they did his bidding; they followed the instructions he gave them. 8) You answered them, Lord God! For them you were a forgiving God, though you punished their misdeeds. 9) Exalt the Lord, our God! Bow before his holy mountain, for holy is the Lord our God!

With joy cry out to the Lord, all the earth! 2) Serve the Lord with gladness! Go to him with songs of joy! 3) Know that he, the Lord, is God; we were nothing and he fashioned us; we are his people, the flock he tends. 4) Go within his gates and praise him; enter his courts and acclaim him; give thanks to him and bless his name. 5) For the Lord is good; his steadfast love lasts forever, through all generations his faithfulness.

Your love and justice will I sing; to you, O Lord, will I sing a hymn of praise. 2) I will celebrate the epic of your perfect rule. When will you come to me? I walk about my home in innocence of heart; 3) never do my eyes have time for what is mean and base. Making graven images is something I detest; it has no hold on me. 4) The perverse of heart are never near me; the evil man is not my friend. 5) The man who slanders his neighbor in secret -- I will cut him down. Proud looks and puffed up heart, these I cannot bear. 6) I will look to the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. The man who walks the path of blamelessness, he may work in my service. 7) There is no room in my house for one who practices deceit; the liar had better not stand where I can see him. Morning after morning I will expel all the wicked of the land; I will banish every evildoer from the city of the Lord.

Glory: Both now:
Alleluia:

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