Madeha for Saturday Vespers :: مديح لعشية كل سبت

You O Lord fulfill my desires,
Blot out my guilt, past sins and iniquities,
And heal me from my sickness,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

Early when the dawn breaks through,
The star appears, its light is shining
Like the light of Saint John the righteous,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

Christ called seventy Disciples,
Like the seventy palm trees,
Mentioned in the Law of Moses,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

Christ gathered His Disciples,
Like seventy palms grown from pure wells,
Wells from which rivers run,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

The Church is the harbor,
His Body and Blood save the guilty,
He gives us water from His spring
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

The Lamb´s Blood on the doors,
Saved the people from destruction,
The Son saved us with His Blood
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

Moses went through two mountains,
Sinai and Rephidim,
And God gave him two tablets,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

Ten Commandments on two tablets,
Observed in both testaments,
This law is the Lord´s demand of us,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

Six days of work He allowed,
Regardless of one´s vocation,
The seventh is the day of rest,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

He planned rest for all souls,
On the Sabbath the Law is read,
He exalted the rite of circumcision,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

Zaccheus of short stature,
Gave from his own wealth,
The mighty Son of God then enriched him,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

Our good Lord of greatness,
Came down from heaven out of mercy,
Brought Zacchaeus down from the tree,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

As a merciful father with his children,
He entered the region of the Gadarenes,
And broke the prisoner´s chains,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

Christ ascended to Jerusalem,
On the great Feast of Dedication,
He established His teachings,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

Christ cried out in the temple,
His words are water for the thirsty,
He spoke of the Spirit and the river of faith,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

He likened His saying with a parable,
As Joel said in his prophecy,
Out of Zion, the Spirit flows,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

A physician of the blind,
He went to the Sheep Gate,
And healed the paralyzed man,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

At the touch of the hem of His garment,
Healings of great mystery,
The thorny illnesses were cured,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

At the hands or a canonical priest,
The transgressions and sins are lifted,
Through confession and repentance,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

He sent away ten lepers,
Whom He healed completely,
To confess their sins to the priests,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

The stranger returned, kneeling,
Before the Lord Jesus, thankfully,
While the other nine strayed away,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

The Gospel spoke of nine who strayed,
Nine tribes from the Israelites,
The adulteress nation that betrayed goodness,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

The Torah spoke of a widow,
In the land of Zarephath,
She took in Elijah, the man of God,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

She accepted the man of God,
The prophet Elijah, truthfully,
That day he blessed the flour and oil,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

Jesus explained the story of Jonah,
He said the queen of Sheba came faithfully,
To hear the wisdom of Solomon,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

Emmanuel likened in His saying,
The widows of the Israelites,
To the widows of this generation,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

There were many lepers in Israel,
None were healed completely,
In the time of prophet Elisha,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

The Gospel spoke about Naaman,
A diseased stranger who came willingly,
Through the prophet he was granted healing,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

It was said by Jude the righteous,
They are as unfruitful autumn trees,
Clouds without water, carried about by wind,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

The Vinedresser who sows the seeds,
Came to the fig tree, but found no fruit,
He cursed it and it withered immediately,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

The heathen Jewish people,
Resemble this fig tree,
Great but barren trees,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

A Jew, full of faith, and circumcised,
On the eighth day faithfully,
Is to go show himself to the priest,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

A priest, a servant of the Mysteries,
Serving in the church of the first-born,
The church called him high priest,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

He girded himself with light,
Slept then awakened very early,
And offered the sacrifice and incense,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

Anointed by the High Priest,
With the oil of reverence joyfully,
As the righteous prophet David spoke,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

Standing in the Holy of Holies,
The high priest arose at dawn,
And on the altar prayed a liturgy,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

Jesus, the Lord of all said,
"Destroy this temple completely,
And I will raise it again in three days,"
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

His Body, the abode of humanity,
Tasted death, suffering and infirmity,
And arose by the power of divinity,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

The pure temple is the human heart,
Built on the rock of the faith,
It is greater than the temple of Solomon,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

The author who composed this melody
Is Hegumen Abdel-Masseh,
Praising the church´s glory,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

I asked for sincere repentance,
For repentance blots out sin,
May God bless us in the acceptable time,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.

O God, preserve the pope our patriarch,
And Bishop (...), our leader,
And the clergy and the Church,
Have mercy, O God, and have mercy.