εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν πάντοτε, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων → blessed is our God always, now and ever, and to the ages of ages
thorn-bush; αἱμασιὰς λέγειν, ‘gather hedge-brush,’ Od. 18.359 and Od. 24.224.