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The Lord hath inclined * his ear unto me.
I have loved, because the Lord will hear * the voice of my prayer.
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: * and in my days I will call upon him.
The sorrows of death have compassed me: * and the perils of hell have found me.
I met with trouble and sorrow: * and I called upon the name of the Lord.
O Lord, deliver my soul. * The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.
The Lord is the keeper of little ones: * I was humbled, and he delivered me.
Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: * for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.
For he hath delivered my soul from death: * my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.
I will please 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.
The Lord hath inclined * his ear unto me.
I will pay my vows * in the sight of all his people.
I have believed, therefore have I spoken; * but I have been humbled exceedingly.
I said in my excess: * Every man is a liar.
What shall I render to the Lord, * for all the things that he hath rendered to me?
I will take the chalice of salvation; * and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people: * precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
O Lord, for I am thy servant: * I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid.
Thou hast broken my bonds: * I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people: * in the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.
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.
I will pay my vows * in the sight of all his people.
I have cried to the Lord, * and he hath heard me.
In my trouble I cried to the Lord: * and he heard me.
O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, * and a deceitful tongue.
What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, * to a deceitful tongue?
The sharp arrows of the mighty, * with coals that lay waste.
Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar: * my soul hath been long a sojourner.
With them that hated peace I was peaceable: * when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.
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.
I have cried to the Lord, * and he hath heard me.
My help is from the Lord, * who made heaven and earth.
I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, * from whence help shall come to me.
My help is from the Lord, * who made heaven and earth.
May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: * neither let him slumber that keepeth thee.
Behold he shall neither slumber nor sleep, * that keepeth Israel.
The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection * upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not burn thee by day: * nor the moon by night.
The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: * may the Lord keep thy soul.
May the Lord keep thy coming in and thy going out; * from henceforth now and for ever.
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.
My help is from the Lord, * who made heaven and earth.
I rejoiced * at the things that were said to me. ‡
Quæ non repetitur in Psalmo
I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: * We shall go into the house of the Lord.
Our feet were standing * in thy courts, O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, which is built as a city, * which is compact together.
For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: * the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.
Because their seats have sat in judgment, * seats upon the house of David.
Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: * and abundance for them that love thee.
Let peace be in thy strength: * and abundance in thy towers.
For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, * I spoke peace of thee.
Because of the house of the Lord our God, * I have sought good things for thee.
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.
I rejoiced * at the things that were said to me. ‡
Benedíctus Deus, et Pater Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, † Pater misericordiárum, et Deus totíus consolatiónis, * qui consolátur nos in omni tribulatióne nostra.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort, who comforteth us in all our tribulation.
1. O great Creator of the sky, Who wouldest not the floods on high With earthly waters to confound, But mad’st the firmament their bound; 2. The floods above thou didst ordain; The floods below thou didst restrain: That moisture might attemper heat, Lest the parched earth should ruin meet. 3. Upon our souls, good Lord, bestow Thy gift of grace in endless flow: Lest some renewed deceit or wile Of former sin should us beguile. 4. Let faith discover heav’nly light; So shall its rays direct us right: And let this faith each error chase, And never give to falsehood place. 5. Grant this, O Father, ever One With Christ, thy sole-begotten Son, And Holy Ghost, whom all adore, Reigning and blest forevermore. Amen.
And they that went before * rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he cried out so much the more: “Have mercy on me, thou Son of David.”
1. My soul + * doth magnify the Lord. 2. And my spirit hath rejoiced * in God my Saviour.
Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; * for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me; * and holy is his name.
And his mercy is from generation unto generations, * to them that fear him.
He hath shewed might in his arm: * he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat, * and hath exalted the humble.
He hath filled the hungry with good things; * and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He hath received Israel his servant, * being mindful of his mercy:
As he spoke to our fathers, * to Abraham and to his seed for ever.
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.
And they that went before * rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he cried out so much the more: “Have mercy on me, thou Son of David.”
Orémus.
Preces nostras, quǽsumus; Dómine, * cleménter exáudi: † atque, a peccatórum vínculis absolútos, ab omni nos adversitáte custódi.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: † qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, * per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
O Lord, we beseech You, mercifully hear our prayers; loose us from the chains of our sins and keep us from all adversity.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.