Пусть Земля Вся Утверждает — Let the Whole Earth Claim

 

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Music: https://mscmusic.org/works/PV-206

Chords and Additional Lyrics: https://holychords.com/17983

 

Куплет 1.
Пусть земля вся утверждает,
Pust' zemlya vsya utverzhdayet,
Let [the] earth all claim

Что Тобой я не спасён,
Chto Toboy ya ne spason,
That [by] You I [am] not saved;

Дух мой песню воспевает:
Dukh moy pesnyu vospevayet:
Spirit [of] mine song sings:

"Принят раб Твой на Сион!"
"Prinyat rab Tvoy na Sion!"
"Received servant Yours in Zion!"

Припев:
Радуйтесь со мною, люди!
Raduytes' so mnoyu, lyudi!
Rejoice with me, O people!

Нет сомненья: я спасён!
Net somnen'ya: ya spason!
No doubt: I [am] saved!

Пусть весь мир твердит иное:
Pust' ves' mir tverdit inoye:
Let whole world insist otherwise:

Знаю я, Христом спасён!
Znayu ya, Khristom spason!
[i] Know I [by] Christ [am] saved!

 

Куплет 2.
Нету места для сомненья
Netu mesta dlya somnen'ya
There is no place for doubt

В сердце избранных Тобой;
V serdtse izbrannykh Toboy;
In [the] heart [of] elect Yours;

В час минутного затменья
V chas minutnogo zatmen'ya
In [the] hour [of a] momentary eclipse (blackout)

Будь на страже, Пастырь мой!
Bud' na strazhe, Pastyr' moy!
Be on guard, O Shepherd mine!

 

Куплет 3.
Знаю я, в Кого я верю;
Znayu ya, v Kogo ya veryu;
Know I, in Whom I believe;

Дух мой в Нем несокрушим;
Dukh moy v Nem nesokrushim;
Spirit [of] mine in Him [is] indestructible;

Жизни всякую потерю
Zhizni vsyakuyu poteryu
[of] life any loss

С радостью снесу я с Ним.
S radost'yu snesu ya s Nim.
With joy will carry/bear I with Him.

 

-----------------  Exact Fit  -----------------

1. Let the whole earth come and claim now
That my Lord did not save me.
Yet my soul will go on singing:
"Jesus saves eternally!"
    or
"Soon in Zion I will be!"

Chorus:
Come, rejoice with me, O people!
Doubts, be gone, I know I'm saved!
Let all earth speak differently—
I know Jesus Christ saved me!
    I know Jesus Christ saved me!


2. There's no place for doubts or mistrust
In the heart of God's elect;
Through the hour both dark and lonely,
Shepherd of my heart, protect!


3. I know Him in Whom I now trust;
Safe in Him my spirit rests;
Earthly things and joys may be lost,
Jesus gives the heav'nly best.

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-------- Better English --------

1.

Let the whole earth claim
That I am not saved by You;
My spirit sings this song:
"Your servant is received into Zion!"

Chorus

Rejoice with me, O people!
There is no doubt: I am saved!
Let the whole earth insist otherwise:
I know that I am saved by Christ!

2.
There is no place for doubt
In the heart of Your elect;
In the hour of a momentary blackout,
Be on guard, O my Shepherd!


3.
I know in Whom I believe;
My spirit is in Him, indestructible;
Any loss in life
With joy will I bear with Him.

Я в Бессмертье Иду — I Go into Immortality

 

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Lyrics

Music  or here

 

Words by:  Александр Савченко (Alexander Savchenko) in the mid 1980s under the pseudonym, Александр Азовский (Alexander Azovsky) because it was still very risky to write Christian poetry even as the former Soviet Union began waning.

 
Music by: Алекс Брицин (Alex Britsin) in 1985.  It was first performed by the group "Новые напевы" (New Tunes) from the city of Мелитопол (Melitopol).

Alex Britsin wrote about this version: "Очень понравилась эта аранжировка, пусть звучит во славу Бога!"  ("I really like this arrangement, let it sound for the glory of God!")

Opening Scripture:  2 Timothy 2:2 — "And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also."

 

1. Я в бессмертье иду, наступая на зло,
YA v bessmert'ye idu, nastupaya na zlo,
I in(to) immortality go / walk, stepping on evil,

Из скорбей и страданий дорога.
Iz skorbey i stradaniy doroga.
Out of sorrows and sufferings [is the] road.

[:На душе у меня и тепло, и светло,
[:Na dushe u menya i teplo, i svetlo,
[:On soul by me both warm and light

Потому что я верую в Бога.:]
Potomu chto ya veruyu v Boga.:]
Because I believe in God.:]


2. Знаю я, что мне можно и что мне нельзя,
Znayu ya, chto mne mozhno i chto mne nel'zya,
Know I, what to me can do and what to me can't do,

Знаю, что хорошо и что плохо,
Znayu, chto khorosho i chto plokho,
[I] know, what [is] good and what [is] bad,

[:Знаю, что на земле существую не зря,
[:Znayu, chto na zemle sushchestvuyu ne zrya,
[:[I] know, that on earth [I] exist not for nothing,

Потому что я верую в Бога.:]
Potomu chto ya veruyu v Boga.:]
Because I believe in God.:]

Not sung in this video
    3. Против истины войско ведёт сатана,
     Protiv istiny voysko vedot satana,
     Against truth hosts leads Satan,
     (Ie, Satan leads hosts against truth)
     
    Духи зла ополчились, как звери.
    Dukhi zla opolchilis', kak zveri.
    Spirits [of] evil rise in arms, like beasts.
    
    [:Ждёт меня впереди неземная страна,
    [:Zhdot menya vperedi nezemnaya strana,
    [:Waits for me ahead unearthly / ethereal country,
    
    Потому что я в Господа верю.:]
    Potomu chto ya v Gospoda veryu.:]
    Because I in [the] Lord believe.:]
    

4. Даже если встречаю следы катастроф,
Dazhe yesli vstrechayu sledy katastrof,
Even if [I] meet traces [of] disasters,

Исчезает из сердца тревога,
Ischezayet iz serdtsa trevoga,
Vanishes from heart alarm,

[:Как подумаю я, что есть любящий Бог,
[:Kak podumayu ya, chto yest' lyubyashchiy Bog,
[:As think I, that [there] is [a] loving God,

То я счастлив, что верую в Бога.:]
To ya schastliv, chto veruyu v Boga.:]
Then I [am] happy, that [I] believe in God.:]


5. Нет от радости слов, очень мне повезло,
Net ot radosti slov, ochen' mne povezlo,
Not for joy words, very to me lucky,

Мною найдена в небо дорога.
Mnoyu naydena v nebo doroga.
By me is found into heaven road.
    (Ie, The road into heaven to me is found)
    
[:На душе у меня и тепло и светло,
[:Na dushe u menya i teplo i svetlo,
[:On soul by me both warm and light

Потому что я верую в Бога.:]
Potomu chto ya veruyu v Boga.:]
Because I believe in God.:]

 

 

The group then repeats verse 1 

-------  Better English  -------

1. I walk into immortality, stepping on evil,
The road is out of sorrows and sufferings.
[: In my soul it is both warm and light
Because I believe in God. :]

2. I know what I can and cannot do,
I know what is good and what is evil,
[: I know that on earth I exist for a reason,
Because I believe in God. :]

3. Satan leads hosts against truth,
Evil spirits rise up in arms like beasts.
[: An ethereal country ahead waits for me,
Because I in the Lord believe. :]

4. Even if I meet traces of disasters,
Alarm vanishes from my heart,
[: As I think that there is a loving God,
Then I am happy that I believe in God. :]

5. There are no words  of joy, I am so fortunate,
By me is found the road into heaven.
[: In my soul it is both warm and light
Because I believe in God. :]

-------  English to Fit the Music  -------

1. Forward then into Life, stepping on over ill,
From the sorrows and the trials that is my way.
[: In my soul there shines light and it warms me all night,
Because I trust in God who is my stay. :]

2. There are things I can do, there are things I cannot,
I discern good and evil—the right way.
[: And I know that on earth my life here is giv'n worth,
Because I trust in God who is my stay. :]

3. Against Truth Satan comes, leading hosts in his war,
There dark spirits of ill rise against Day.
[: But ahead for me waits, glorious Land through His gates,
Because I trust in God who is my stay. :]

4. Even if I should meet tribulations and trials,
Alarms vanish from me at this bright ray:
[: As I think on God's love and the Joy from Above,
Because I trust in God who is my stay. :]

5. Here no words for my joy, I am blessed beyond all,
There before me the heavenly pathway!
[: In my soul there shines light and it warms me all night,
Because I trust in God who is my stay. :]

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O How Life's Sea Now Rages

The author of the Russian poem was Ivan Grigor'evich Kul'zhinskiy who lived 1803-1884.  The melody may have been composed by Yakov Ivanovich Vyazovskiy, 1898-1940.



1.  O how life's sea now rages round about me;
Strong winds now rock my boat with waves so tall.
In mortal fear and with a desperate plea,
O God, my God, unto You now I call.


2.  Take pity on me, save and show me mercy!
From my first day of life I've struggled hard.
I cannot fight, my soul is tired and weary
O God, I pray that my soul You would guard.


3.  Guide me along the trackless depths of rough seas
To Your own quiet Wharf of Your Commands.
From the abyss of worldly fears and ill ease,
O God, I pray You'll bring me to Your Land.

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Cтрашно Бушует Житейское Море — Wildly Rages the Sea of Life

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1. Страшно бушует житейское море,

Strashno bushuyet zhiteyskoye more,

Terribly rages worldly sea,

   (Ie, Life's sea rages terribly)

Сильные волны качают ладью. **

Sil'nyye volny kachayut lad'yu.

Strong waves rock [the] boat.

В ужасе смертном, в отчаянном горе,

V uzhase smertnom, v otchayannom gore,

In terror mortal, in desparate grief,

Боже, мой Боже, к Тебе вопию!

Bozhe, moy Bozhe, k Tebe vopiyu!

O God, my God, to You [I] cry!

2. Сжалься над мною, спаси и помилуй!

Szhal'sya nad mnoyu, spasi i pomiluy!

Take pity upon me, save and show mercy (or grant pardon)!

С первых дней жизни я страшно борюсь.

S pervykh dney zhizni ya strashno boryus'.

From first days [of] life I terribly struggle.

Больше бороться уж мне не под силу.

Bol'she borot'sya uzh mne ne pod silu.

Anymore fight  already [to] me not under power.

  (Ie, I can't fight anymore.)

Боже, мой Боже! Тебе я молюсь.

Bozhe, moy Bozhe! Tebe ya molyus'.

O God, my God! [To] You I pray.

3. К пристани тихой Твоих повелений

K pristani tikhoy Tvoikh poveleniy

To [the] wharf quiet [of] Your commands

Путь мой направь и меня успокой.

Put' moy naprav' i menya uspokoy.

Path [of] mine direct/guide and me quiet.

И из пучины житейских волнений

I iz puchiny zhiteyskikh volneniy

And from abyss [of] worldly agitation

К берегу выведи, Боже благой!

K beregu vyvedi, Bozhe blagoy!

To [the] shore bring [me], O God good!

** picture of Варяжские ладьи (Varangian, or Viking, lad'i)

NOTE: technically, the Varangians were 9th and 10th Century Scandinavians who traveled eastward through Modern Russian and Ukraine to Constantinople.  Many consider them Vikings in the sense that they were from southern Scandinavia in the same time period as the Vikings (late 8th Century through the 11th Century).  The Lad'i was not the Viking boat that rode in conquest to the west.  It was related, but not exactly the same.

Interestingly, the most famous Varangian Prince was named Rurik of the Rus.  According to some account the locals in Kiev asked him for help to lead their splintered factions. Other accounts say that he and his friends just set up shop there.  But the upshot of it is that Rurik and his tribe, the Rus, gave birth to the name of the great Slavic nation, Russia.  Even if it was in Present day Ukraine.

_________ English Version ________

1. Wildly rages the sea of life,
Strong waves rock the boat.
In mortal terror and in desperate grief,
O God, my God, to You I cry!

2. Take pity upon me, save and show mercy!
From the very first days of life I have struggled hard.
I cannot fight anymore.
O God, my God, to You I pray.

3. To the quiet wharf of Your Commands
Guide this path of mine and quiet me.
And from the depths of worldly agitation
Bring me to that safe shore, O my good God!

See also the English version to fit the music.

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