The Great Canon – On Tuesday of the First Week - Page 5 of 19
Song 3.
Eirmos:
Establish, O Lord, my unstable heart on the rock
of Thy commandments, for Thou only art Holy and
Lord.
Refrain:
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me.
Troparia:
In Thee the Conqueror of death, I have found the Source of
Life, and from my heart I cry to Thee before my end: I have
sinned, be merciful, save me.
I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned against Thee. Be
merciful to me. For there is no one who has sinned among
men whom I have not surpassed by my sins.
I have imitated those who were licentious in Noah's time,
and I have earned a share in their condemnation of drowning
in the flood.
(Genesis 6)
You have imitated Ham, that spurner of his father, my soul.
You have not concealed your neighbor’s shame by returning
to him looking backwards.
(Genesis 9:20 27
)
Run, my soul, like Lot from the fire of sin; run from Sodom
and Gomorrah; run from the flame of every irrational desire.
(Genesis 19)
Have mercy, O Lord, have mercy on me, I implore Thee,
when Thou comest with Thy Angels to requite us all as our
actions deserve.