THE FUNERAL LITURGY FOR WOMENFirst MāwtḇāDeacon: Glory to Your Name, O, Resuscitator of the dead ones. Let us pray, peace be with us.Ṣlōṯā: We confess Your grace, worship Your Lordship and praise the hidden and praiseworthy powerof Your glorious Trinity, for You have authority over both the worlds which You have created, Lord ofour death and of our life, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, forever.Reply: Amen.Šūrāyā da-qdam (Ps 88:1-9)O Lord, God of my salvation, * I have called out before You day and night. *May my prayer enter before You; * incline Your ear to my petition. *For my soul is full of troubles; * my life draws near to Sheol. *I am reckoned with those going down to the pit; * and I am like a man for whom there is no help. *A freed one among the dead, * like the slain who lie in graves. * Those whom You no longerremember; * and they have perished by Your hands. *You have brought me down into the lowest pit, * into darkness and the shadows of death. *Your anger has pressed heavily upon me; * You have brought upon me all Your storms. *You have removed my acquaintances from me; and You have made me defiled to them. * I amrestrained so that I cannot go forth; and my eye wastes away because of my humiliation. *O Lord, I have called on You throughout all the day; * and I have stretched out my hand.Ṣlōṯā: We confess, worship and praise You, Fashioner of Adam from the earth, Reviver of his childrenfrom the dust, and Renewer of His creature from corruption, for You have authority over both theworlds which You have created, Lord of our death and of our life, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, forever.Reply: AmenŠūrāyā d-bāṯar (Ps 88:10-13)Look! You perform wonders for the dead; * and mighty men will arise and praise You. *Those who are in the graves will relate Your grace * and Your truth in destruction. *Your wonders will be known in the darkness, * Your righteousness in the land that has been forgotten*But I have called out to You, O Lord; * and in the morning my prayer will...
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