"All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: III. Blazhen muzh" (Rachmaninoff)

(Performance with the St Martin’s Festival Choir, September 29, 2023 in Denver, Colorado.)
The text of this movement comes from Psalm 1, the verses alternating with Alliluya (alleluia). The verses are mainly sung by middle voices (alto and tenor) and the refrain by the full choir.
Blazhen muzh, izhe ne ide na sovet nechestivykh.
Alliluya.
Yako vest Gospod put pravednykh, i put
nechestivykh pogibnet. Alliluya.
Rabotaite Gospodevi so strakhom i raduitesya
Emu s trepetom. Alliluya.
Blazheni vsi nadeysushchisya Nan. Alliluya.
Voskresni, Gospodi, spasi mya, Bozhe moy.
Alliluya.
Gospodene est spaseniye, i na lyudekh Tvoikh
blagosloveniye Tvoye. Alliluya.
Slava Otsu, i Synu, i Svyatomu Dukhu, i nyne i
prisno i vo veki vekov. Amin.
Alliluya. Slava Tebe, Bozhe.
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel
of the wicked. Alleluia.
For the Lord knows the way of the righteous but
the way of the wicked will perish. Alleluia.
Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice in him with
trembling. Alleluia.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him. Arise, O
Lord! Save me, O my God! Alleluia.
Salvation is of the Lord; and thy blessing is upon
thy people. Alleluia.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the
Holy Spirit,
both now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia. Glory to thee, O God.