Roman Breviary

109:1 The Lord said to my Lord: * Sit thou at my right hand:

109:1 Until I make thy enemies * thy footstool.

109:2 The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: * rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.

109:3 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.

109:4 The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: * Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.

109:5 The Lord at thy right hand * hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.

109:6 He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: * he shall crush the heads in the land of many.

109:7 He shall drink of the torrent in the way: * therefore shall he lift up the head.

112:1 Praise the Lord, ye children: * praise ye the name of the Lord.

112:2 (bow head) Blessed be the name of the Lord, * from henceforth now and for ever.

112:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, * the name of the Lord is worthy of praise.

112:4 The Lord is high above all nations; * and his glory above the heavens.

112:5 Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high: * and looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?

112:7 Raising up the needy from the earth, * and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:

112:8 That he may place him with princes, * with the princes of his people.

112:9 Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, * the joyful mother of children.

121:1 I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: * We shall go into the house of the Lord.

121:2 Our feet were standing * in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

121:3 Jerusalem, which is built as a city, * which is compact together.

121:4 For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: * the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.

121:5 Because their seats have sat in judgment, * seats upon the house of David.

121:6 Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: * and abundance for them that love thee.

121:7 Let peace be in thy strength: * and abundance in thy towers.

121:8 For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, * I spoke peace of thee.

121:9 Because of the house of the Lord our God, * I have sought good things for thee.

126:1 Unless the Lord build the house, * they labour in vain that build it.

126:1 Unless the Lord keep the city, * he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.

126:2 It is vain for you to rise before light, * rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow.

126:2 When he shall give sleep to his beloved, * behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.

126:4 As arrows in the hand of the mighty, * so the children of them that have been shaken.

126:5 Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; * he shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate.

147:1 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: * praise thy God, O Sion.

147:2 Because he hath strengthened the bolts of thy gates * he hath blessed thy children within thee.

147:3 Who hath placed peace in thy borders: * and filleth thee with the fat of corn.

147:4 Who sendeth forth his speech to the earth: * his word runneth swiftly.

147:5 Who giveth snow like wool: * scattereth mists like ashes.

147:6 He sendeth his crystal like morsels: * who shall stand before the face of his cold?

147:7 He shall send out his word, and shall melt them: * his wind shall blow, and the waters shall run.

147:8 Who declareth his word to Jacob: * his justices and his judgments to Israel.

147:9 He hath not done in like manner to every nation: * and his judgments he hath not made manifest to them.

Jesu, the virgins' crown, do thou

Accept us as in prayer we bow;

Born of that Virgin, whom alone

The mother and the maid we own.

Amongst the lilies thou dost feed,

By virgin choirs accompanied;

With glory decked, the spotless brides

Whose bridal gifts thy love provides.

They, wheresoe'er thy footsteps bend,

With hymns and praises still attend:

In blessèd troops they follow thee,

With dance, and song, and melody.

We pray thee therefore to bestow

Upon our senses here below

Thy grace, that so we may endure

From taint of all corruption pure.

All laud to God the Father be,

All praise, eternal Son, to thee;

All glory as is ever meet,

To God, the holy Paraclete.

Amen.

1:46 My soul ✠ * doth magnify the Lord.

1:47 And my spirit hath rejoiced * in God my Saviour.

1:48 Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; * for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

1:49 Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me; * and holy is his name.

1:50 And his mercy is from generation unto generations, * to them that fear him.

1:51 He hath shewed might in his arm: * he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.

1:52 He hath put down the mighty from their seat, * and hath exalted the humble.

1:53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; * and the rich he hath sent empty away.

1:54 He hath received Israel his servant, * being mindful of his mercy:

1:55 As he spoke to our fathers, * to Abraham and to his seed for ever.