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C A N T I C L E

[BY] THE LORD NERSĒS, CATHOLICOS OF THE ARMENIANS.

RUBRIC: Said at the Night Office (Gisherayin Zham [Night Service]).

Let us remember your name in the night, [O] Lord.

Let our hearts pour forth a good word, and let our tongues recount the works of Thee, the heavenly King.

Having risen in the middle of the night, let us confess You, [O] Lord.

O, we shall offer our prayers to you, Lord, in your courts, in the midst of the new Jerusalem.

In the night let us lift up our hands in holiness unto thee, O Lord.

With a voice of thanksgiving, all [ye] spirits, bless the Lord.

*Pʿox* [Alternately]:

Awake, my glory, awake; and I will awake at dawn. Alleluia.

O, awake with the Watchers [angels], children of the upper Sion. Alleluia.