Blessed [is the] man (Bible or other Sacred Texts, set by (Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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Translation © by Laura Prichard

Блажен муж

Language: Church Slavonic

Available translation(s): ENG

Блажен муж, иже не иде на совет нечестивых. 
Аллилуйиа. Аллилуйиа. Аллилуйиа.
Яко весть Господь путь праведных, и путь нечестивых погибнет.
Аллилуйиа. Аллилуйиа. Аллилуйиа.
Работайте Господеви со страхом и радуйтеся Ему с трепетом.
Аллилуйиа. Аллилуйиа. Аллилуйиа.
Блажени вси надеющиися Нань¹.
Аллилуйиа. Аллилуйиа. Аллилуйиа.
Воскресни, Господи, спаси мя, Боже мой.
Аллилуйиа. Аллилуйиа. Аллилуйиа.
Господне есть спасение и на людех Твоих благословение Твое.
Аллилуйиа. Аллилуйиа. Аллилуйиа.
Слава Отцу и Сыну и Святому Духу,
и ныне и присно и во веки веков. 
Аминь.
Аллилуйиа. Аллилуйиа. Аллилуйиа.  Слава Тебе, Боже.

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¹ a liturgical way of saying "на него” or “on or in Him"

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Блажен муж", op. 37 no. 3, published 1915, from Всенощное бдение = Vsenoshchnoe bdenie (All-night Vigil), no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Blessed [is the] man", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Laura Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2004-07-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 85

Blessed [is the] man

Language: English after the Church Slavonic

Blessed [is the] man, who walks not in [the] counsel of [the] wicked.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
This message of [the] Lord [concerns the] way of the righteous, and [the] way of the ungodly perishes.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Serve [the] Lord with fear and rejoice in Him with trembling.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed [are] all who hope in Him.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Arise, Lord, save me, my God.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
[From the] Lord is salvation and upon Your people [is] Your blessing.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Glory to [the] Father and to [the] Son and to [the] Holy Spirit, both now and forever¹.
Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Glory to You, God.

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¹ more literally: now and ever and unto ages of ages (or centuries of centuries)

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This text was added to the website: 2016-06-01
Line count: 15
Word count: 110