S. Matthiæ Apostoli

Until I make thy enemies * thy footstool.

The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: * rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.

With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: * from the womb before the day star I begot thee.

The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: * Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.

The Lord at thy right hand * hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.

He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: * he shall crush the heads in the land of many.

He shall drink of the torrent in the way: * therefore shall he lift up the head.

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.

(bow head) Blessed be the name of the Lord, * from henceforth now and for ever.

From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, * the name of the Lord is worthy of praise.

The Lord is high above all nations; * and his glory above the heavens.

Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high: * and looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?

Raising up the needy from the earth, * and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:

That he may place him with princes, * with the princes of his people.

Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, * the joyful mother of children.

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 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.

Then was our mouth filled with gladness; * and our tongue with joy.

Then shall they say among the Gentiles: * The Lord hath done great things for them.

The Lord hath done great things for us: * we are become joyful.

Turn again our captivity, O Lord, * as a stream in the south.

They that sow in tears * shall reap in joy.

Going they went and wept, * casting their seeds.

But coming they shall come with joyfulness, * carrying their sheaves.

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.

Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: * my path and my life thou hast searched out.

And thou hast foreseen all my ways: * for there is no speech on my tongue.

Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: * thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.

Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: * it is high, and I cannot reach to it.

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? * or whither shall I flee from thy face?

If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: * if I descend into hell, thou art present.

If I take my wings early in the morning, * and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:

Even there also shall thy hand lead me: * and thy right hand shall hold me.

And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: * and night shall be my light in my pleasures.

But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as the day: * the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.

For thou hast possessed my reins: * thou hast protected me from my mother’s womb.

I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: * wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.

My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: * and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.

Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: * days shall be formed, and no one in them.

But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: * their principality is exceedingly strengthened.

I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: * I rose up and am still with thee.

If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: * ye men of blood, depart from me:

Because you say in thought: * They shall receive thy cities in vain.

Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: * and pined away because of thy enemies?

I have hated them with a perfect hatred: * and they are become enemies to me.

Prove me, O God, and know my heart: * examine me, and know my paths.

And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: * and lead me in the eternal way.

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.

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.