About the song
Genre: Eastern Orthodox Hymn
Occasions:
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross,
Dedication of the first Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Composer & Lyricist: Unknown
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Featured source:
Father Nicolas Malek – الأب نقولا مالك
Lyrics
خلِّص يا ربُّ شعبَكَ
وبارِك ميراثَك
( Khalliṣ, yaa Rabbu, sha3baka
wa-baarik miyraathak, )
O LORD, save Your people
and bless Your heritage,
وامنَح عبيدَكَ المؤمِنينَ
الغلبة على الشِرير
( wa-mna7 3abiydaka l-mu’miniyna
l-ghalabah 3alaa sh-shiriyr, )
granting Your believing servants
victory over evil,
واحفَظ بِقُوّةِ صليبِك
جميعَ المُختَصّينَ بِك
( wa-7faẓ bi-quwwati ṣaliybik
jamiy3a l-mukhtaṣṣiyna bik. )
and guard with the power of Your cross
all those in Your jurisdiction.
Bible Quotes
اَلْمُلُوكِ ٱلْأَوَّلُ
8:27-29
[ الكتاب المقدس (AVD) ]
لِأَنَّهُ هَلْ يَسْكُنُ ٱللهُ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ هُوَذَا ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ وَسَمَاءُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تَسَعُكَ، فَكَمْ بِٱلْأَقَلِّ هَذَا ٱلْبَيْتُ ٱلَّذِي بَنَيْتُ؟
فَٱلْتَفِتْ إِلَى صَلَاةِ عَبْدِكَ وَإِلَى تَضَرُّعِهِ أَيُّهَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهِي، وَٱسْمَعِ ٱلصُّرَاخَ وَٱلصَّلَاةَ ٱلَّتِي يُصَلِّيهَا عَبْدُكَ أَمَامَكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ.
لِتَكُونَ عَيْنَاكَ مَفْتُوحَتَيْنِ عَلَى هَذَا ٱلْبَيْتِ لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا، عَلَى ٱلْمَوْضِعِ ٱلَّذِي قُلْتَ: إِنَّ ٱسْمِي يَكُونُ فِيهِ، لِتَسْمَعَ ٱلصَّلَاةَ ٱلَّتِي يُصَلِّيهَا عَبْدُكَ فِي هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ.
1 Kings 8:27-29
[ English Standard Version (ESV) ]
But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain You. How much less this temple I have built!
Yet give attention to Your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying in Your presence this day.
May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You will hear the prayer Your servant prays toward this place.