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℣. O God, ✠ come to my assistance;
℟. O Lord, make haste to help me.
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.
Alleluia.
Hymn
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God of truth, O Lord of might,
Who orderest time and change aright,
Who send’st the early morning ray,
And light’st the glow of perfect day:
Extinguish thou each sinful fire,
And banish every ill desire;
And while thou keep’st the body whole,
Shed forth thy peace upon the soul.
Almighty Father, hear our cry,
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord most High,
Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,
Doth live and reign eternally.
Amen.
Psalms
{from the Psalter for the day of the week}
Ant. Alleluia, * I am thine, save thou me, O Lord, alleluia, alleluia.
Psalm 118 (81-96)
(Caph)118:81
My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: * and in thy word I have very much hoped.
My eyes have failed for thy word, * saying: When wilt thou comfort me?118:82
For I am become like a bottle in the frost: * I have not forgotten thy justifications.118:83
How many are the days of thy servant: * when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?118:84
The wicked have told me fables: * but not as thy law.118:85
All thy statutes are truth: * they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.118:86
They had almost made an end of me upon earth: * but I have not forsaken thy commandments.118:87
Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: * and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth.118:88
(Lamed)118:89
For ever, O Lord, * thy word standeth firm in heaven.
Thy truth unto all generations: * thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.118:90
By thy ordinance the day goeth on: * for all things serve thee.118:91
Unless thy law had been my meditation, * I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.118:92
Thy justifications I will never forget: * for by them thou hast given me life.118:93
I am thine, save thou me: * for I have sought thy justifications.118:94
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: * but I have understood thy testimonies.118:95
I have seen an end of all perfection: * thy commandment is exceeding broad.118:96
℣. 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 118 (97-112)
(Mem)118:97
How have I loved thy law, O Lord! * it is my meditation all the day.
Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: * for it is ever with me.118:98
I have understood more than all my teachers: * because thy testimonies are my meditation.118:99
I have had understanding above ancients: * because I have sought thy commandments.118:100
I have restrained my feet from every evil way: * that I may keep thy words.118:101
I have not declined from thy judgments, * because thou hast set me a law.118:102
How sweet are thy words to my palate! * more than honey to my mouth.118:103
By thy commandments I have had understanding: * therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.118:104
(Nun)118:105
Thy word is a lamp to my feet, * and a light to my paths.
I have sworn and am determined * to keep the judgments of thy justice.118:106
I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: * quicken thou me according to thy word.118:107
The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: * and teach me thy judgments.118:108
My soul is continually in my hands: * and I have not forgotten thy law.118:109
Sinners have laid a snare for me: * but I have not erred from thy precepts.118:110
I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: * because they are the joy of my heart.118:111
I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, * for the reward.118:112
℣. 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 118 (113-128)
(Samech)118:113
I have hated the unjust: * and I have loved thy law.
Thou art my helper and my protector: * and in thy word I have greatly hoped.118:114
Depart from me, ye malignant: * and I will search the commandments of my God.118:115
Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: * and let me not be confounded in my expectation.118:116
Help me, and I shall be saved: * and I will meditate always on thy justifications.118:117
Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; * for their thought is unjust.118:118
I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: * therefore have I loved thy testimonies.118:119
Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: * for I am afraid of thy judgments.118:120
(Ain)118:121
I have done judgment and justice: * give me not up to them that slander me.
Uphold thy servant unto good: * let not the proud calumniate me.118:122
My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: * and for the word of thy justice.118:123
Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: * and teach me thy justifications.118:124
I am thy servant: * give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.118:125
It is time, O Lord, to do: * they have dissipated thy law.118:126
Therefore have I loved thy commandments * above gold and the topaz.118:127
Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: * I have hated all wicked ways.118:128
℣. 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.
Ant. Alleluia, I am thine, save thou me, O Lord, alleluia, alleluia.
Prayer
{from the Proper of the season}
℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
Mercifully grant, O Lord, that thine effectual goodness may in all things direct our hearts, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Conclusion
℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
℣. Let us bless the Lord.
℟. Thanks be to God.
℣. May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
℟. Amen.
