8. Lead me, O Lord, in Thy righteousness, because of mine enemies: make Thy way plain before my face. 9. For there is no faithfulness in his mouth their inward parts are very wickedness. : 10. Their throat is an open sepulchre they flatter with their tongue. 11. Destroy Thou them, O God; let them perish through their own imaginations: cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness; for they have rebelled against Thee. 12. And let all them that put their trust in Thee rejoice: they shall ever be giving of thanks, because Thou defendest them; they that love Thy Name shall be joyful in Thee; 13. For Thou, Lord, wilt give Thy blessing unto the righteous: and with Thy favourable kindness wilt Thou defend him as with a shield. Glory be to the Father, &c. Ps. lxiii. Deus, Deus meus, & The Song of Isaiah, chap. xii., 1. O Lord, I will praise Thee, though Thou wast angry with me: Thine anger is turned away, and Thou comfortedst me. 2. Behold, God is my Salvation : I will trust, and not be afraid : For the Lord JEHOVAH is my Strength and my Song: He also is become my Salvation. 3. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of Salvation : and in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon His Name, 4. Declare His doings among the people make mention that His Name is exalted. 5. Sing unto the Lord, for He hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. 6. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of Thee. Glory be to the Father, and to the and to the Holy Ghost. Son As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Antiphon. Thine anger is turned away, and Thou comfortedst me. Antiphon. O praise. Ps. cxlviii. Laudate Dominum. Ps. cxlix. Cantate Domino. Ps. cl. Laudate Dominum. As in the Sunday Lauds, p. cix. Antiphon. O praise the Lord of heaven. The Chapter, 1 Cor. xvi. 13, 14. Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. Let all your things be done with On Mondays, from Trinity to Advent, Charity. Ry. Thanks be to God. In week-day Services this Chapter is Hymn, (for Mondays from Epiphany To GOD the Holy PARACLETE. Amen. ỹ. Have I not thought upon Thee when I was waking? R. Because Thou hast been my Helper. Ps. lxiii. 7. is said the Hymn, Ecce jam noctis, as in the Sunday Lauds, p. cxi., with the when I was waking? V. Have I not thought upon Thee R. Because Thou hast been my Helper. Antiphon. Blessed be. Benedictus, St. Luke i. 68, as in [From Easter to Trinity the week-day Lord, have mercy upon us. y.I said, Lord, be merciful unto me. Ry. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee. y. Turn Thee again, O Lord, at the last. Ry. And be gracious unto Thy servants. ỹ. Let Thy merciful kindness, O Lord, be upon us. Ry. As we do put our trust in Thee. V. Let Thy Priests be clothed with righteousness. Ry. And Thy Saints sing with joyfulness. V. O Lord, save the Queen. R. And mercifully hear us when we call upon Thee. Y. O God, save Thy servants and handmaidens. R. Which put their trust in Thee. V. Let us pray for the dead in Christ. R. Grant them, O Lord, eternal rest, and let everlasting light shine upon them. V. Hearken unto my voice, O hear me. On week-days in Lent here is said Then let the Reader (if a Priest, rise O Lord, arise, help us. Ry. And deliver us for Thy Name's sake. y. Turn Thee again, O Lord God of Hosts. Ry. Shew the light of Thy Countenance, and we shall be whole. y. Lord, hear our prayer. Alleluia! But from Septuagesima Sunday to Praise to Thee, O Lord, we sing, Ps. li. Miserere mei Deus, as in Antiphon. According to the multitude of Thy mercies have mercy on me, O God. Antiphon. The Help of my countenance. Ps. xliii. Judica mea, Deus. Give sentence with me, O God, and defend my cause against the ungodly people: O deliver me from the deceitful and wicked man. 2. For thou art the God of my strength, why hast Thou put me R. And let our cry come unto from Thee: and why go I so heavily, Thee. The Lord be with you. Let us pray. The Collect as in the Proper Services. Then follow the Memorials, &c., as at the Sunday Lauds, pp. cxii., cxiii. TUESDAY, AT LAUDS. V. Let Thy merciful kindness, O Lord, be upon us. R. As we do put our trust in This V. and Ry. are to be said on all . Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. Ry. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. while the enemy oppresseth me? 3. O send out Thy light and Thy truth, that they may lead me: and bring me unto Thy holy hill, and to Thy dwelling. 4. And that I may go unto the Altar of God, even unto the God of my joy and gladness: and upon the harp will I give thanks unto Thee, O God, my God. 5. Why art thou so heavy, O my soul: and why art thou so disquieted within me? 6. O put thy trust in God: for I will yet give Him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God. Glory be to the Father, &c. Ps. lxiii. Deus, Deus meus, & Antiphon. Early will I seek Thee. 10. I said, in the cutting off of my days: I shall go to the gates of the grave. I am deprived of the residue of my years I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living. 11. I shall behold man no more: with the inhabitants of the world. 12. Mine age is departed: and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent. I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness. From day even to night: wilt Thou make an end of me. 13. I reckoned till morning that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones from day even to night wilt Thou make an end of me. 14. Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove. Mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. 15. What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and Himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of soul. my 16. O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt Thou recover me, and make me to live. 17. Behold, for peace I had great bitterness; but Thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption for Thou hast cast all my sins behind Thy back. 18. For the grave cannot praise Thee, death cannot celebrate Thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for Thy truth. 19. The living, the living, he shall praise Thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known Thy truth. 20. The Lord was ready to save me therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord. 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. All the days of my life the Lord was ready to save me." Antiphon. Praise Him. Psalm cxlviii. Laudate Dominum. As in Sunday Lauds, p. cix. Antiphon. Praise Him in the firmament of His power. The Chapter, 1 Cor. xvi. 13, 14. Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, Let quit you like men, be strong. all your things be done with Charity. Ry. Thanks be to God. In week-day services this Chapter is said (1.) daily from Epiphany to Ash-Wednesday, and (2.) daily from Trinity to Advent. Hymn, Ales diei nuntius, for Tuesdays from Epiphany to Lent. THE winged herald of the day Proclaims the morn's approaching ray: And CHRIST the LORD our souls ex cites, And so to endless life invites. Take up thy bed, to each He cries, Who sick, or wrapped in slumber lies: And chaste, and just, and sober stand, And watch: My coming is at hand. With earnest cry, with tearful care, Call we the LORD to hear our prayer, While supplication, pure and deep, Forbids each chastened heart to sleep. All laud to GOD the FATHER be; V. Have I not thought upon Thee when I was waking? R. Because Thou hast been my Helper. On Tuesdays, from Trinity to Advent, is said the Hymn, Ecce jam noctis, as in the Sunday Lauds, p. cxi., with the V. Have I not thought upon Thee when I was waking? R. Because Thou hast been my Helper. Antiphon. And the Lord shall be to us. Benedictus, St. Luke i. 68. Antiphon. And the Lord shall be to us a mighty Salvation in the house of His servant David. Then follow the week-day Prayers as at p. cxxxiii. WEDNESDAY, AT LAUDS. But from Septuagesima to Wednesday Psalm lxv. Te decet hymnus. Thou, O God, art praised in Sion: and unto Thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem. 2. Thou That hearest the prayer : unto Thee shall all flesh come. 3. My misdeeds prevail against me: O be Thou merciful unto our sins. 4. Blessed is the man, whom Thou choosest, and receivest unto Thee: he shall dwell in Thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of Thy House, even of Thy holy temple. 5. Thou shalt shew us wonderful things in Thy righteousness, O God of our salvation: Thou that art the Hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea. 6. Who in His strength setteth V. Let Thy merciful kindness, O fast the mountains: and is girded Lord, be upon us. about with power. |