The good portion
Jesus, how much I want hear You say:
''Hripsime has chosen the good portion
Which shall not be taken away from her''.
I want to sit at Your feet in quietness,
To listen to Your Words with a great delight,
To enjoy Your presence with a great reverence,
I want to talk with You, admire Your Word's light.
How sweet is to think that this blessedness
Shall not be taken away from me,
How wonderful for me is Your holy presence,
What a consolation brings It to me!
I forget about my cares,
When You remind me what is my only need,
My sadness disappears
When You assure me that You'll stay with me and never leave me alone.
Mary of Bethany had chosen the good portion,
Hripsime of Hrazdan did the same!
by Hripsime Mkrtchyan
Translated from Armenian
Source: I recite my verses for the King
Triolet
(Psalm 119:33-37)
Teach me the way of Your statutes
And I shall keep it to the end,
In order that I observe Your law with my whole heart,
Teach me the way of Your statutes.
Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things,
Incline my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetousness,
Teach me the way of Your statutes
And I shall keep it to the end.
by Hripsime Mkrtchyan,
Translated from Armenian
Source: I recite my verses for the King
They think evil about me, I think about Your Word
(Psalm 119:23,24)
The princes sit down and speak against me,
I am sitting before Your Holy Word,
They think evil about me,
I will meditate on Your precepts.
No one is with me but You,
Your precepts are my delight and my counselors,
Even if I am forgotten by everyone,
I will remember Your life-giving Words.
by Hripsime Mkrtchyan
Translated from Armenian
Source: I recite my verses for the King
