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Allow Me to Behold Your Presence

My fleeting life is full of pain and wickedness, but accept me, O Lord, in repentance and allow me to behold Your presence. May the Enemy never possess me; may I never fall prey to him. O Savior, have mercy on me.

I know, O merciful Lord, that I have sinned and corrupted the temple of my soul, but accept me in repentance and allow me to behold Your presence. May the Enemy never possess me; may I never fall prey to him. O Savior, have mercy on me.

I have become an idol to myself, and in passions have I injured my soul. But accept me now in repentance, O merciful Lord, and allow me to behold Your presence. May the Enemy never possess me; may I never fall prey to him. O Savior, have mercy on me.

I have never listened to Your words nor obeyed Your commands, O Law-giver. But accept me in repentance and allow me to behold Your presence. May the Enemy never possess me; may I never fall prey to him. O Savior, have mercy on me.

~ Canon of St. Andrew, Ode 4, for Thursday