Радуйтесь, праведные, о Господе—Rejoice, O righteous, in the Lord

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Радоваться…, даже когда трудно и больно, даже когда слёзы в глазах и нет сил.
Даже когда привычный мир вокруг рушится, не надломиться,  не погаснуть,  а выстоять там, где, казалось бы, выстоять невозможно. Потому что: «…душа наша уповает на Господа: Он - помощь наша и защита наша!»

To rejoice ... even when it is difficult and painful, even when there are tears in my eyes and I have no strength.
Even when the familiar world around is collapsing, not to break down, not to go out, but to stand where it would seem impossible to stand. Because: "... our soul trusts in the Lord: He is our help and our protection!"

Псалом 32 in the Russian Bible

Psalm 33 in the English Bible


Радуйтесь, праведные, о Господе: правым прилично славословить.
Raduytes', pravednyye, o Gospode: pravym prilichno slavoslovit'.
Rejoice, O righteous, in [the] Lord: [to the] righteous proper to bless/ to hymn/ to praise.

Славьте Господа на гуслях, пойте Ему на десятиструнной псалтири;
Slav'te Gospoda na guslyakh, poyte Yemu na desyatistrunnoy psaltiri;
Praise [the] Lord on [the] harp, sing [to] Him on [the] ten-stringed psalter;


Chorus
Пойте Ему новую песнь; пойте Ему стройно, с восклицанием,
Poyte Yemu novuyu pesn'; poyte Yemu stroyno, s vosklitsaniyem,
Sing [to] Him [a] new song; sing [to] Him gracefully (harmoniously), with an exclamation (a loud cry),


ибо слово Господне право и все дела Его верны.
ibo slovo Gospodne pravo i vse dela Yego verny.
for [the] word [of the] Lord [is] right and all work [of] His true / faithful

Он любит правду и суд; милости Господней полна земля, полна земля.
On lyubit pravdu i sud; milosti Gospodney polna zemlya, polna zemlya.
He loves truth and judgment; mercy [of the] Lord full [is the] earth, full [is the] earth.


    Chorus


Душа наша уповает на Господа:
Dusha nasha upovayet na Gospoda:
Souls [of] ours trust in [the] Lord:

Он - помощь наша и защита наша;
On - pomoshch' nasha i zashchita nasha;
He [is] help [of] ours and protection/defense [of] ours

О Нём веселится сердце наше,
O Nom veselitsya serdtse nashe,
on Him rejoices heart [of] ours,

ибо на святое имя Его мы уповаем.
ibo na svyatoye imya Yego my upovayem.
for in holy name [of] His we trust.


   Chorus

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-------------More straight forward English-------------

 

Rejoice, O righteous, in the Lord; to the righteous it is proper to praise.

Praise the Lord on the harp, sing to Him on ten-string psalter.

Chorus:

    Sing to Him a new song;

    sing to Him gracefully with a loud exclamation,

For the Word of the Lord is right and all His works are true.

He loves truth and judgment; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

--Chorus--

Our souls trust in the Lord:

    He is our help and our protection;

Upon Him our hearts rejoice,

    for in His holy name we trust.

--Chorus--

PS. Don't some of the chord sequences sound a bit like Yanni's One Man's Dream?

Thus Daylight Woke

 

 

Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia
picture (c) 2015, d. benning

 

 

 The muted light,
     the colors soft,
          the morning light so moist and drawn,
The gray-draped rain
     with petrichor washed—
          thus daylight woke with quiet yawn.

-d. benning, (c) 2021

Куда пойду от Духа Твоего? — Where Will I Go from Your Spirit

SOCART's music video

 

 

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Based on Psalm 139

See also: https://holychords.com/11793  for lyrics & performance

sheet music:  https://noty-bratstvo.org/sites/default/files/kuda-poydu-ot-duha-tvoego.pdf

 

 

 1 куплет:
Куда пойду от Духа Твоего?
Kuda poydu ot Dukha Tvoyego?
Where will [I] go from Spirit [of] Yours?

Такое разве Господи возможно?
Takoye razve Gospodi vozmozhno?
[Is] such really, O Lord, possible?

Моё с Тобою слито естество,
Moyo s Toboyu slito yestestvo,
My with You joined essence,

И наш союз святой и непреложный.
I nash soyuz svyatoy i neprelozhnyy.
And our union [is] holy and unalterable.

 

Припев:
Куда пойду, куда я убегу?
Kuda poydu, kuda ya ubegu?
Where will [I] go, where will I flee (run away)?

К чему пересекать меридианы?
K chemu peresekat' meridiany?
For what to cross [the] meridians?

Жить без Тебя Создатель не могу -
Zhit' bez Tebya Sozdatel' ne mogu -
To live without You, Creator, [I] cannot —

С Тобою, безусловно, я останусь.
S Toboyu, bezuslovno, ya ostanus'.
With You, certainly, I remain.

2 куплет:
Возьму ли крылья утренней зари
Voz'mu li kryl'ya utrenney zari
Will [I] take [the] wings [of the] morning dawn

И унесусь к окраине вселенной?
I unesus' k okraine vselennoy?
And speed away to [the] fringe [of the] universe?

Ты будешь там и дух мой ободришь,
Ty budesh' tam i dukh moy obodrish',
You will be there and spirit [of] mine will encourage,

Присутствие Твоё там вне сомненья.
Prisutstviye Tvoyo tam vne somnen'ya.
Presence [of] Your there beyond doubts.

3 куплет:
Сойду ли в преисподние места,
Soydu li v preispodniye mesta,
Will [I] go down in [the] underworld places,

Где ночь тоски* без проблеска отрады.
Gde noch' toski* bez probleska otrady.
Where night of sadness* without glimmer [of] joy.

"Ты здесь, Господь?" произнесут уста,
"Ty zdes', Gospod'?" proiznesut usta,
"[Are] You here, Lord?" will utter [the] mouth,

А слух уловит: "Я с тобою рядом..."
A slukh ulovit: "YA s toboyu ryadom..."
But [the] hearing (that is, the ear) will catch: "I [am] with you near..."

* тоска....
тоска isn't really weariness, it's closer to sadness, but it doesn't really have an English equivalent. Kind of sadness mixed with weariness of soul and despondency with a bit of depression and boredom thrown in for good measure. One popular definition is "the feeling of a person who desires something, but doesn't know exactly what, but knows that the desired thing is unachievable". Basically, the most Russian thing imaginable.  (Source: TG.)

--------- English to fit the music ---------

 

1.
Oh, from Your Spirit, whither shall I flee?
O Lord, could I in fact depart and leave You?
You've joined me to Yourself with guarantee;
Our union now is holy, changeless and true.


Chorus:
Oh, whither shall I go where shall I flee?
What purpose would it be to cross each far land?
Creator, without You I cannot live —
With You I stay protected in Your strong Hand.


2.
The wings of morning dawn then shall I seize
To speed away to fringes of this vast sphere?
Your Spirit will be there to strengthen me,
Your Presence there beyond all doubt is so near.


3.
Should I descend into the underworld
With night of endless angst and joyless bleak tears
My lips would utter, "Are You here, O Lord?"
My ears would hear your voice: "I am with you near..."

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Взойдём на Голгофу мой брат — Let Us Ascend to Calvary

 

 

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Perfect for the Lord's Supper or at a Good Friday service.

Sheet music: https://noty-bratstvo.org/sites/default/files/vzoydem-na-golgofu-420_0.pdf
                     
   Куплет 1.
Взойдём на Голгофу, мой брат!
Vzoydyom na Golgofu, moy brat!
Let's ascend to Golgotha, my brother!

Там посланный Богом Мессия распят.
Tam poslannyy Bogom Messiya raspyat.
There sent [by] God Messiah [is] crucified.

О правде святой проповедовал Он,
O pravde svyatoy propovedoval On,
About truth holy preached He,

Больных исцелял, а теперь Он казнён.
Bol'nykh istselyal, a teper' On kaznyon.
[The] sick [He] healed, but now He [is] executed.

Падём перед Ним!
Padyom pered Nim!
[Let us] fall down before Him!
   
   
   Куплет 2 

Взойдём на Голгофу, мой брат!
Vzoydyom na Golgofu, moy brat!
Let's ascend to Golgotha, my brother!

Он страждет, и жаром ланиты горят;
On strazhdet, i zharom lanity goryat;
He suffers, and [with] fevor cheeks burn;

Он жаждет, и уксус Тому подают,
On zhazhdet, i uksus Tomu podayut,
He thirsts, and vinegar [to] Him [they] serve,

Чьи воды живые для мира текут.
CH'i vody zhivyye dlya mira tekut.
Whose waters living for [the] world flow.

Падём перед Ним!
Padyom pered Nim!
[Let us] fall down before Him!
   
   
                 
   Куплет 3.
Взойдём на Голгофу, мой брат!
Vzoydyom na Golgofu, moy brat!
Let's ascend to Golgotha, my brother!

"Прости им, не знают, что худо творят!" -
"Prosti im, ne znayut, chto khudo tvoryat!" -
"Forgive them, [they do] not know, that evil/harm do/make!"

Он молит, Взойдём же, дабы и за нас
On molit, Vzoydyom zhe, daby i za nas
He prays, Let us ascend then so that for us too

Молитва Христова к Отцу вознеслась.
Molitva Khristova k Ottsu vozneslas'.
[The] Prayer of Christ to [the] Father ascends.

Падём перед Ним!
Padyom pered Nim!
[Let us] fall down before Him!
   
   Куплет 4.
Взойдём на Голгофу, мой брат!
Vzoydyom na Golgofu, moy brat!
Let's ascend to Golgotha, my brother!

Вот снова Он к небу подъемлет Свой взгляд!
Vot snova On k nebu pod"yemlet Svoy vzglyad!
Here again He to heaven raises His own gaze!

"Отец Мой! Зачем Ты оставил Меня?"
"Otets Moy! Zachem Ty ostavil Menya?"
"Father Mine! Why [did] You forsake Me?"

О брат мой! Принять чтоб тебя и меня.
O brat moy! Prinyat' chtob tebya i menya.
O brother mine! To receive you and me.

Падём перед Ним!
Padyom pered Nim!
[Let us] fall down before Him!
   
   Куплет 5.
Взойдём на Голгофу, мой брат!
Vzoydyom na Golgofu, moy brat!
Let's ascend to Golgotha, my brother!

Страдальца святого слова там звучат:
Stradal'tsa svyatogo slova tam zvuchat:
Sufferer's holy words there resound:
   (Ie, Words of the holy Sufferer there resound)

"Свершилось: Я дух Мой Тебе предаю!"
"Svershilos': YA dukh Moy Tebe predayu!"
"It is finished: I spirit Mine [to] You commit!"

За нас Он пожертвовал душу Свою.
Za nas On pozhertvoval dushu Svoyu.
For us He sacrificed/offered soul His own.

Падём перед Ним!
Padyom pered Nim!
[Let us] fall down before Him!
   
   Куплет 6.
Взойдём на Голгофу, мой брат!
Vzoydyom na Golgofu, moy brat!
Let's ascend to Golgotha, my brother!

Посмотрим, как нашей греховности яд
Posmotrim, kak nashey grekhovnosti yad
Let us see, how our sinfulness's poison

В страданиях горьких Христа истомил,
V stradaniyakh gor'kikh Khrista istomil,
In [the] sufferings bitter [of] Christ exhausted,

Как дорого Он нам Спасенье купил.
Kak dorogo On nam Spasen'ye kupil.
How dearly He us Salvation bought.

Падём перед Ним!
Padyom pered Nim!
[Let us] fall down before Him!

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English to fit the music

 

1.
My brother, let's climb to Calvary!
Where God sent Messiah to die on the Tree.
The Holy Truth preached and the sick He made well—
But now He is sentenced to suffer our Hell.
Fall down before Him!


2.
My brother, let's climb to Calvary!
O see how He suffers, His cheeks with fever burn.
He cries then He thirsts! Vinegar they then show
To the One who caused waters of life to o'erflow.
Fall down before Him!


3.
My brother, let's climb to Calvary!
"Forgive them, they know not their sin," is His plea.
Then let us ascend so that for us in Heav'n,
Christ's prayers to the Father ascend as they're giv'n.
Fall down before Him!


4.
My brother, let's climb to Calvary!
To Heaven He lifts up His eyes in agony:
"O My Father, why hast Thou forsaken Me?"
O_my brother, it was so that we could be free.
Fall down before Him!


5.
My brother, let's climb to Calvary!
For there are the Sufferer's Words that ring so free.
Hear Him cry "It's Finished! My Spirit I give!"
For us He was offered that we may then live.
Fall down before Him!


6.
My brother, let's climb to Calvary!
Our sinfulness' poison, oh, let us truly see
In Christ's bitter cup that He drank on the Cross;
Our richest gains came at immeasurable cost.
Fall down before Him!

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Я Верую - I Believe

 

Молодежный хор церкви Вифания

Bethany Church Youth Choir

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Lyrics & Chords: https://holychords.com/22995 

 

 

 (See footnotes for distinction between the two forms of "I believe."

 

 Я верую+, в распятого Спасителя, Воскресшего,
YA veruyu, v raspyatogo Spasitelya, Voskresshego,
I believe in [the] crucified Savior, [the] Resurected One,

Святого Искупителя, и вечного,  
Svyatogo Iskupitelya, i vechnogo,
[The] Holy Redeemer and eternal,

Творца Освободителя, пришедшего,  
Tvortsa Osvoboditelya, prishedshego,
Creator Liberator, who came

На землю к нам.  
Na zemlyu k nam.
On earth to us.

Я верую, в Иисуса Всемогущего, Он святый Наш,  
YA veruyu, v Iisusa Vsemogushchego, On svyatyy Nash,
I believe in Jesus Almighty, He [is] holy one ours,

Его я буду славить каждый миг и час,  
Yego ya budu slavit' kazhdyy mig i chas,
Him I will praise every minute and hour,

Он в жертву искупления терпел за нас, страдания.  
On v zhertvu iskupleniya terpel za nas, stradaniya.
He in offering atonement endured for us, suffering.

Я верую!  
YA veruyu!
I believe!

Припев:  
Я верую, хоть я и не заслуживал любви Его,
A veruyu, khot' ya i ne zasluzhival lyubvi Yego,
I believe, though I even not deserved love [of] His,

Он не оставил без прощенья никого,
On ne ostavil bez proshchen'ya nikogo,
He not leave without forgiveness nobody,

За нас Он на кресте пролил Святую кровь,
Za nas On na kreste prolil Svyatuyu krov',
For us He on [the] cross shed Holy blood,

Я верую, Однажды Он Воскрес и для моей Души,
YA veruyu, Odnazhdy On Voskres i dlya moyey Dushi,
I believe, once He rose and for my soul,

Сказал иди вперёд и больше не греши, и Мне служи.
Skazal idi vperod i bol'she ne greshi, i Mne sluzhi.
[He] said go forth and anymore not sin, and Me serve.

Я верую!  
YA veruyu!
I believe.

Я верую, и знаю что любовь Его всегда сильна,
YA veruyu, i znayu chto lyubov' Yego vsegda sil'na,
I believe, and [I] know that [the] love [of] God [is] always strong,

И верю++ Он однажды поведёт меня,
I veryu On odnazhdy povedot menya,
And [I] believe He one day lead me

В святые небеса, где будем прославлять  Любви Отца.
V svyatyye nebesa, gde budem proslavlyat' Lyubvi Ottsa.
Into [the] holy heavens, where [we] will glorify [the] Love [of the] Father.

Я верую, в Того кто пребывает у людей в сердцах,
YA veruyu, v Togo kto prebyvayet u lyudey v serdtsakh,
I believe in [the] One who remains/dwells with people in hearts,

Даруя утешенье в самый скорбный час,
Daruya uteshen'ye v samyy skorbnyy chas,
Granting comfort in [the] most sorrowful hour,

Надежду дарит каждому, а в небесах,
Nadezhdu darit kazhdomu, a v nebesakh,
Hope [it] gives [to] everyone, and in heaven

Он ожидает каждого нас!
On ozhidayet kazhdogo nas!
He waits for each [of] us.

----- footnotes -----

+ верую  ---  first-person singular present indicative imperfective of ве́ровать [to believe (in, especially to believe in God) ]
   Note: верую is used in the Russian translations of the creeds.  For example the Nicene Creed.

++ верю   ---  first-person singular present indicative imperfective of ве́рить [to believe, trust]

Another version: https://choir.by/lyrics/692-ya-veruyu.html

 

 

 

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