INTRODUCTION

O LORD, be gracious unto us,
we have waited for Thee;
be Thou our arm every morning,
our salvation also in the time of trouble.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord,
who restedst on the seventh day
from all Thy works,
and blessedst and sanctifiedst it:
[concerning the Sabbath,
concerning the Christian rest instead
of it,
concerning the burial of Christ,
and the resting from sin,
concerning those who are already gone
to rest.]