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Hymns and Homilies

St Ephrem the Syrian, tr. Burgess, 1853

10. Hymn 10: A Prayer in the Prospect of Death

O Lord! appoint me not a place with the wicked;
Do Thou, Lord, confess me who have confessed Thee;
Set me not on Thy left hand,
Lest I become a companion to Satan!

Let me not lift up my voice in the flame,
Who by hymns have praised Thee;
Let me not cry out from the midst of darkness,
Who in the night-season have glorified Thee.

Number me not with Thy crucifiers,
Thou, whose cross was my refuge;
Let not my head be humbled in judgment,
O Thou Judge, greater than all judges!