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[Mode 4 plagal (Դկ, *Dk*)] • Alleluia:

Clap your hands, all [ye] nations; shout unto God with the voice of exultation. The Lord Most High is fearsome, a great king over all the earth. Glory and worship... [Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit], now and always... [and unto the ages of ages. Amen.] Alle[luia].

RUBRIC: Alleluia [verses] of the Ascension of our Lord, according to the eight tones (*utʿ jaynkʿ* [system of eight liturgical modes]). Tone I.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

[Tone] 1 (A3 [Ayp-Ja / First Authentic Tone]).

Lift up your gates, O princes, aloft; let the everlasting doors be lifted up, and the King of glory shall enter in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong in his might, the Lord mighty in battle.

44 • Alle[luia].

The chariots of God are myriad-fold, thousands of guides, and the Lord [is] among them in Sinai, in His sanctuary. He ascended on high and