Psali Watos

Come let us fast,

a perfect fast,

through prayer and fasting,

the Lord will forgive us.

The filth of our hearts,

let us purify with love,

through prayer and fasting,

and the works that befit them.

* For the Lord taught us,

in His Gospel,

through..., we can cast out demons.

* The Master praised,

those who fasted to Him,

with..., and with clean thoughts.

Our fathers repented,

with purity and righteousness,

through..., they were worthy of the Kingdom.

Eve and our father Adam,

cried for the sake of Paradise,

through..., the Lover of man restored them.

* Elijah shut the heavens,

for three years and six months,

through..., the clouds did not rain.

* The sacrifice our father Abraham,

was accepted by God the Master,

through..., He made him a patriarch.

Isaac was tied by his father,

to be offered as an acceptable sacrifice,

through..., a ram replaced him.

And also Jacob Israel,

because of his truthful intentions,

and through..., he took his fathers blessings.

* The righteous Lot was worthy,

to have the angels come to him,

through..., he was saved from the troubles.

* Moses took the two tablets,

and placed them in the Tabernacle,

and through..., he smote the Red Sea which became two.

God directed Noah the righteous,

to build the Ark,

through..., he was saved from the flood.

God refrained His anger,

from the Ninevites, through..,.

He forgave their evil deeds.

* Truly Jonah was in the belly,

of the whale for three days,

through..., he was thrown forth on dry land.

* The three saintly children,

rejected the decree of the king,

through.., they quenched the fire of the furnace.

The mouths of the lions in the den,

licked the feet of Daniel,

and through..., he became great among Israel.

Samuel the anointer of the kings,

his fathers offered him to the house of the Lord,

through..., he was called the "Anointer."

* Truly Joseph the chaste,

was saved from the adulteress,

through..., he was made ruler over Egypt.

* Behold the twelve apostles,

preached in the Blessed Name,

through..., they raised the dead.

David of the harp,

was given the gift of prophecy,

and through..., a kingdom came to him.

Every high grace,

was received by the ascetics,

through..., and also piety.

* All the souls who have pleased,

the Lord God through their acts,

through..., won the heavenly kingdom.

* Therefore let us praise Him,

and glorify Him,

through prayer and fasting,

and worship before Him.

And whenever we sing...

*Glory

be...