Divine Liturgy of St Basil- Prayers after Holy Communion - 109 -
People: Blessed be the name of the Lord, henceforth and forevermore.
Thrice
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And Psalm 33 sung with sweet melody:
People: I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall continually be in
my mouth.
In the Lord shall my soul be praised; let the meek hear and be glad.
O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.
I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my
tribulations.
Come unto Him, and be enlightened, and your faces shall not be ashamed.
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his
tribulations.
The angel of the Lord will encamp round about them that fear Him, and will
deliver them.
O taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man that hopeth in Him.
O fear the Lord, all ye His saints; for there is no want to them that fear Him.
Rich men have turned poor and gone hungry; but they that seek the Lord
shall not be deprived of any good thing.
Come ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
What man is there that desireth life, who loveth to see good days?
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are opened unto
their supplication.
The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, utterly to destroy the
remembrance of them from the earth.
The righteous cried, and the Lord heard them, and He delivered them out of
all their tribulations.
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart, and He will save the
humble of spirit.
Many are the tribulations of the righteous, and the Lord shall deliver them
out of them all.
The Lord keepeth all their bones, not one of them shall be broken.
The death of sinners is evil, and they that hate the righteous shall do wrong.
The Lord will redeem the souls of His servants, and none of them will do
wrong that hope in Him.
The priest goeth through the holy doors and standeth at the holy
table, and the deacon, having entered by the North door, layeth his
head upon the holy table, to the left of the priest. And the priest saith
the following prayer.