7. Who stilleth the raging of the sea and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the people. 8. They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at Thy tokens: Thou That makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to praise Thee. 9. Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it: Thou makest it very plenteous. 10. The river of God is full of water: Thou preparest their corn, for so Thou providest for the earth. 11. Thou waterest her furrows, Thou sendest rain into the little valleys thereof: Thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it. 12. Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness; and Thy clouds drop fatness. 13. They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness: and the little hills shall rejoice on every side. 14. The folds shall be full of sheep: the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing. Glory be to the Father, &c. Antiphon. Thou, O God, art praised in Sion. Antiphon. My lips shall praise. Psalm lxiii. Deus, Deus meus, & Psalm lxvii. Deus misereatur. As in Sunday Lauds, p. cviii. Antiphon. My lips shall praise Thee as long as I live. Antiphon. The Lord shall judge. The Song of Hannah, Exultavit cor meum, 1 Sam. ii. 1. 1. My heart rejoiceth in the Lord : mine horn is exalted in the Lord. My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies because I rejoice in Thy Salvation. For the Lord is a God of knowledge and by Him actions are weighed. : 4. The bows of the mighty men are broken and they that stumbled are girded with strength. 5. They that were full have hired out themselves for bread: and they that were hungry ceased. So that the barren hath born seven and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. 6. The Lord killeth and maketh alive: He bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. 7. The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, He bringeth low and lifteth up: He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill. 8. To set them among princes: and to make them inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the Earth are the Lord's and He hath set the world upon them. 9. He will keep the feet of His Saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness: for by strength shall no man prevail. 10. The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken in pieces: out of heaven shall He thunder upon them. The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and He shall give strength unto His King: and exalt the horn of His Anointed. 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. 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 Charity. R. 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, for Wednesdays from Epiphany to Lent, Nox et tenebræ et nubila. HENCE, night and clouds that nighttime brings Confus'd and dark and troubled things: The dawn is here; the sky grows white; CHRIST is at hand: depart from sight! Earth's dusky veil is torn away, the day. For many a shade obscures each sense, Which needs Thy beams to purge it thence: Light of the Morning Star, illume, All laud to GOD the FATHER be; To GOD the Holy PARACLETE. Amen. V. Have I not thought upon Thee when I was waking? AT LAUDS. Praise to Thee, O Lord, we sing, Antiphon. Lord, Thou hast been. Psalm xc. Domine refugium. Lord, Thou hast been our Refuge: from one generation to another. 2. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made: Thou art God from everlasting, and world without end. 3. Thou turnest man to destruction: again thou sayest, Come again, children of men. ye 4. For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as yesterday : seeing that is past as a watch in the night. and 5. As soon as Thou scatterest them they are even as a sleep: and fade away suddenly like the grass. 6. In the morning it is green, groweth up: but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered. in Thy 7. For we consume away displeasure and are afraid at Thy wrathful indignation. 8. Thou hast set our misdeeds before Thee and our secret sins in the light of Thy Countenance. 9. For when Thou art angry all our days are gone: we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told. 10. The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years: yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone. 11. But who regardeth the power of Thy Wrath: for even thereafter servants. 14. O satisfy us with Thy Mercy, and that soon: so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. 15. Comfort us again now after the time that Thou hast plagued us : and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity. 16. Shew Thy servants Thy work: and their children Thy Glory. 17. And the glorious Majesty of the Lord our God be upon us: prosThou our handyper Thou the work of our hands upon us, O prosper work. Glory be to the Father, &c. Antiphon. O Lord, Thou hast been our Refuge. Antiphon. Have I not thought? Antiphon. The Lord shall reign. The Song of Moses, Cantemus Domino, 1. I will sing unto the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea. 2. The Lord is my Strength and my Song: and is become my Salvation. He is my God, and I will prepare Him an habitation: my father's God, and I will exalt Him. 3. The Lord is a Man of war: the Lord is His Name. 4. Pharaoh's chariots and his host 8. And with the blast of Thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the flood stood upright as an heap and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. 9. The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. 10. Thou didst blow with Thy Wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. 11. Who is like unto Thee, O Lord, among the gods: who is like Thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders ? 12. Thou stretchedst out Thy Right Hand: the earth swallowed them. 13. Thou in Thy mercy hast led forth the people which Thou hast Redeemed: Thou hast guided them in Thy strength, unto Thy holy ha bitation. 14. The people shall hear, and be afraid sorrow shall take hold of the inhabitants of Palestina. 15. Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. 16. Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of Thine Arm they shall be as still as a stone: till Thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which Thou hast purchased. 17. Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the Mountain of Thine inheritance: in the Place, O Lord, which Thou hast made for Thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which Thy Hands have established. 18. The Lord shall reign: for ever and ever. 19. For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them: but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. 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. The Lord shall reign for ever and ever. Antiphon. O praise. Psalm cxlviii. Laudate Dominum. Psalm cxlix. Cantate Domino. Psalm 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, quit you like men, be strong. Let 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, (for Thursdays from Epiphany to Lent,) Lux ecce surgit aurea. BEHOLD the golden dawn arise; The paling night forsakes the skies: Those shades that hid the world from And us to dangerous error drew. So may the day speed on; the tongue Our eyes from wanton gaze refrain; To GOD the Holy PARACLETE. Amen. V. Have I not thought upon Thee when I was waking? Ry. Because Thou hast been my Helper. On Thursdays, from Trinity to Advent, is said the Hymn, Ecce jam noctis, as in the Sunday Lauds, p. cxi., with the y. Have I not thought upon Thee when I was waking? R. Because Thou hast been my Helper. Antiphon. Let us serve the Lord. Benedictus, St. Luke i. 68. Antiphon. Let us serve the Lord in holiness and righteousness before Him and He shall deliver us out of the hand of our enemies. Alleluia ! But from Septuagesima to Wednes- Ps. li. Miserere mei Deus, p. cxxxi. Antiphon. Hearken unto me. Psalm cxliii. Domine, exaudi. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and consider my desire: hearken unto me for Thy truth and righteousness' sake. 2. And enter not into judgement with Thy servant: for in Thy Sight Then follow the week-day Prayers as shall no man living be Justified. at p. cxxxiii. The proper Collect. y. The Lord be with you. Ry. And with thy spirit. . Bless we the Lord. Ry. Thanks be to God. 3. For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground: he hath laid me in the darkness, as the men that have been long dead. 4. Therefore is my spirit vexed |