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μνησικακίας καὶ μήνιδος σεαυτὸν μακρύνας, ἥτις
πλέον πάντων τὰς ἡμετέρας εὐχὰς πρὸς Θεὸν
ἀνάγεσθαι κωλύει, πᾶσί τε τοῖς ἡμαρτηκόσι σοι
ἀπὸ καρδίας ἀφεὶς τὰ πλημμελήματα, καὶ ἐν
1 ἐλεημοσύναις καὶ οἰκτιρμοῖς πενήτων τὴν εὐχὴν
πτερώσας, προσάγαγε τῷ Θεῷ μετὰ θερμῶν
δακρύων. οὕτως εὐχόμενος δυνήσῃ εἰπεῖν ὡς ὁ
μακάριος Δαυΐδ: οὗτος γὰρ βασιλεὺς ὢν καὶ
μυρίαις ἑλκόμενος φροντίσι, πάντων δὲ τῶν
παθῶν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ καθαρίσας, ἔλεγε πρὸς
2 τὸν Θεόν: Ἀδικίαν ἐμίσησα καὶ ἐβδελυξάμην,
τὸν δὲ νόμον σου ἠγάπησα: ἑπτάκις τῆς ἡμέρας
ᾔνεσά σε ἐπὶ τὰ κρίματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης: ἐφύλαξεν
ἡ ψυχή μου τὰ μαρτύριά σου καὶ ἠγάπησεν
αὐτὰ σφόδρα: ἐγγισάτω ἡ δέησίς μου
ἐνώπιόν σου, Κύριε: κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου συνέτισόν με.
3 Οὕτως βοῶντός σου ὁ Θεὸς ἐπακούσεται: ἔτι
λαλοῦντός σου, ἐρεῖ: Ἰδοὺ πάρειμι. εἰ τοιαύτην
οὖν κτήσῃ εὐχήν, μακάριος ἔσῃ: ἀμήχανον γὰρ
ἄνθρωπον, μετὰ τοιαύτης προθυμίας εὐχόμενον
John, of Damascus (attributed author). G.R. Woodward. H. Mattingly. St. John Damascene Barlaam and Joseph. William Heinemann Ltd; Harvard University Press. London; Cambridge, Mass. 1914. Keyboarding.
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