Second sessional hymn (i.e. poetic kathisma) after the second reading of the Psalter for Orthros on the feast.
Tone 4 to the melody "Joseph was amazed":
O river Jordan, what has thou seen to be amazed? "I have seen Him naked who cannot be seen, and I trembled," said he. "How should I not tremble before Him and turn back?" The angels, beholding him, were afraid: heaven was filled with wonder and the earth shook, the sea and all things visible and invisible withdrew. Christ has appeared in the Jordan to sanctify the waters.
Love this one! The translation I used today rendered it: "the angels, seeing Him, trembled with fear and awe." May the good Lord keep this imagery in my heart every time I approach the chalice - let alone when I call on His Holy Name for mercy.
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