Verse i. O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy fury.
Verse ii. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak.
Then troparia.
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us; for, destitute of all defence, we sinners offer unto thee, as Master, this prayer, Have mercy upon us.
Glory.
O Lord, have mercy upon us; for we have put our trust in thee. Be not exceedingly wroth against us, neither remember our transgressions; but, as being loving-kind, look now upon us, and deliver us from our enemies: for thou art our God, and we are thy people, we are all the work of thy hand, and we call upon thy name.
Both now.
Open unto us the gates of loving-kindness, O blessed God-bearing one, that we perish not who put our trust in thee, but through thee may we be delivered from calamities; for thou art the salvation of the christian race.
After this, Have mercy upon me, O God....
And the canon, whereof the acrostic is,