The Great Canon Á-? On Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent - Page 31 of 59
Song 6.
Eirmos
I cried with my whole heart to the merciful God,
and He heard me from the lowest hell and raised my
life out of corruption.
Refrain:
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me.
Troparia:
1.
I sincerely offer Thee with a pure intention, O Savior, the
tears of my eyes and groans from the depths of my heart,
crying: O God, I have sinned against Thee; be merciful to
me.
(Luke 18:13. )
2.
You, my soul, have revolted from the Lord like Dathan and
Abiram. But with all your heart cry, "Spare!" that a yawning
gulf of the earth may not swallow you.
(Numbers 16)
3.
Like a stampeding heifer stung to madness, my soul, you
have resembled Ephraim. Winged with action, resolve and
contemplation, save your life like a gazelle from the noose.
(Hosea 4:16)
4.
Let Moses' hand assure us, my soul, how God can whiten
and cleanse a leprous life. So do not despair of yourself,
even though you are leprous.
(Exodus 4:6-8)
5.
The waves of my sins, O Savior, as in the Red Sea recoiled
and covered me unawares, like the Egyptians of old and
their charioteers.
(Exodus 14:7-31)
6.
Like Israel of old, my soul, you have had a foolish affection.
For like a brute you have preferred to divine manna the
pleasure-loving gluttony of the passions.
(Numbers 21:5; I Corinthians 10:9)