Antiphon. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. I PSALM CXVI. Dilexi quoniam. AM well pleased that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer; That he hath inclined his ear unto me: therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. The snares of death compassed me round about: and the pains of hell gat hold upon me. I found trouble and heaviness, and I called upon the Name of the Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous: yea, our God is merciful. The Lord preserveth the simple: I was in misery, and he helped me. Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul for the Lord hath rewarded thee. : And why? thou hast delivered my soul from death: mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I will walk before the Lord : in the land of the living. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. PSALM XLI. Beatus qui intelligit. BLESSED is he that considereth the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble. The Lord preserve him, and keep him alive, that he may be blessed upon earth: and deliver not thou him into the will of his enemies. The Lord comfort him, when he lieth sick upon his bed: make thou all his bed in his sickness. I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee. Mine enemies speak evil of me : When shall he die, and his name perish? : And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity and his heart conceiveth falsehood within himself, and when he cometh forth he telleth it. All mine enemies whisper together against me even against me do they imagine this evil. Let the sentence of guiltiness proceed against him and now that he lieth, let him rise up no more. : Yea, even mine own familiar friend, whom I trusted who did also eat of my bread, hath laid great wait for me. : But be thou merciful unto me, O Lord: raise thou me up again, and I shall reward them. By this I know thou favourest me: that mine enemy doth not triumph against me. And when I am in my health, thou upholdest me and shalt set me before thy face for ever. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel: world without end. Amen. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. PSALM CXLVI. Lauda, anima mea. PRAISE the Lord, O my soul, while I live will I praise the Lord yea, as long as I have any being, I will sing praises unto my God. O put not your trust in princes, nor in any child of man: for there is no help in them. For when the breath of man goeth forth he shall turn again to his earth: and then all his thoughts perish. Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help and whose hope is in the Lord his God; : Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: who keepeth his promise for ever; Who helpeth them to right that suffer wrong who feedeth the hungry. The Lord looseth men out of prison: the Lord giveth sight to the blind. The Lord helpeth them that are fallen: the Lord careth for the righteous. The Lord careth for the strangers, he defendeth the fatherless and widow as for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down. The Lord thy God, O Sion, shall be King for evermore and throughout all generations. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Antiphon. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. ¶Here may be said or sung the Magnificat, p. 29, with its Antiphon. Lord, have mercy upon us. ¶ Then in a low voice shall be said, UR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. V. And lead us not into temptation. Lord, give thy people eternal rest. And let thine everlasting light shine upon them. From the gates of hell, Lord, deliver their souls. I believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord, In the land of the living. Lord, hear my prayer, And let my cry come unto thee. Let us pray. GOD, whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive, receive our humble petitions; and though we be tied and bound with the chain of our sins, yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercy loose us; for the honour of Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Advocate. Amen. TE beseech thee, O Lord, to show upon WE us thine exceeding great mercy, which no tongue can worthily express; and that it may please thee to deliver us from all our sins, and also from the pains that we have for them deserved. Grant this, O Lord, through our Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ. Amen. Then on occasion may follow the other Collects as at Lauds, p. 166. Bless we the Lord. |