creator and watcher over every spirit; Thou dost multiply nations upon earth and hast chosen out from them all those that love Thee through Jesus Christ [son of Mary], Thy beloved [servant], and through him hast Thou taught us, made us holy, and brought us to honour. 4. We beseech Thee, Master, to be our “help and succour.” Save those of us who are in affliction, have mercy on the lowly, raise the fallen, show Thyself to those in need, heal the sick, turn again the wanderers of Thy people, feed the hungry, ransom our prisoners, raise up the weak, comfort the faint-hearted; let all “nations know Thee, that Thou art GOD alone,” and that Jesus Christ is Thy [servant], and that “we are Thy people and the sheep of Thy pasture.”