Stichera at Lord, I have cried - Wednesday of the Sixth Week

Plagal of Tone 1: Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name. (Idiomelon)

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Stichera at Lord, I have cried - Wednesday of the Sixth Week (page 2)

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want of

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care

sin

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Lord,

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tongue

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me

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me o-ver to

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lief;

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a place

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grant

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where no fing - er shall

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that lov - est man - kind,

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The righteous shall wait for me, until thou recompense me. (repeat the above sticheron)

Stichera at Lord, I have cried - Wednesday of the Sixth Week (page 3)

Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice. (Martyrikon)

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Your souls

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ye en - dured

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great

ty-rants

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have ye gone to

dwell.

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bold - ness be - fore him, pray to

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ments, and

that he may be - stow great mer - cy

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cast down

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where-by

and

Christ.

hea - ven

bold au - da - ci - ty.

Faith both stead - fast

tia - ble love,

var-ious tor

suf- fer-ings,

ye did not de - ny

were con - demned to

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him,

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us.

Stichera at Lord, I have cried - Wednesday of the Sixth Week (page 4)

Let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. (Prosomion by Joseph. Special melody: Rejoice)

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sus, as thou didst go

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flesh,

those with thee:

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I have ap

born of man.

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loud

to

is now

rea - dy to

your sakes

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have know-ledge

not part - ed from God,

peared

as one

us then

am

za - rus

learn that I

for

is made

you shall

all,

cry

tomb. Thus

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my friends, for

be - yond the

dead,

be placed in the

way

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Stichera at Lord, I have cried - Wednesday of the Sixth Week (page 5)

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bring

him to

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end.

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life a-gain,

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This

shall

man - i - fest, thus

may see my

ut - ter - ly

be brought to

an

I ac - com

so that death

grant - ing great

plish

and make

mer-cy to the

world.

If thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? for with thee there is forgiveness.
(Prosomion, by Joseph. To the same melody.)

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Let

us, ye faith-ful,

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god-ly deeds

fol - low the

ways

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Lord

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Stichera at Lord, I have cried - Wednesday of the Sixth Week (page 6)

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in - dif - fer - ence,

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us cry

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in

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thy friend

grant

Lord, and

thou great

sions,

no

en - er-gy.

as

thou didst

fear-some au - thor

forth,

i - ty

thus

thou

life-cre - a - tor,

La - za - rus: Come

thy com - pas -

vi- tal

by thy most

out: Be-hold, O

once of old

no

the

and de-void

mind, hav -ing

of God,

hav - ing

fear

bid

the

of

of pre-sence of

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out - stretched, wrapped in fear-some death in

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Let

mer - cy

un - to

all.

Stichera at Lord, I have cried - Wednesday of the Sixth Week (page 7)

Plagal of Tone 2: Because of thy name have I waited for thee, O Lord; my soul hath waited upon thy word,
my soul hath hoped in the Lord.
(Prosomion, by Theodore.)

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fear-some,

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see - eth

mul

the

dead

ti - tude

they be-hold be - fore

that he

may

from all

both strange

and

bonds.

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keen - ing la - ment

them his

num - ber - less,

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for

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sis - ters wail with

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be - hold-eth things

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been in the

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a-ges. There

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two days;

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bring his

own

as

Christ shall

friend to

Stichera at Lord, I have cried - Wednesday of the Sixth Week (page 8)

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life

gain;

hence

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thou, O Sa-viour;

all shall raise their

one in u - ni - son,

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while

sing-ing:

do thou

voi -ces as

Bles - sed

have mer - cy on

us.

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